Invisible Republic

17/09/2012

Water is a precious commodity in Bangladesh where many factors mean fresh water is a scarcity...

Water-borne diseases kill 35,000 people every day - more than wars - and Bangladesh is most vulnerable of all. It is threatened by rising seas followed by devastating droughts followed by floods. It is also challenged by the dams in neighbouring India dumping their excess water in the wet season and...

21/08/2012

Ecuador has hit the headlines recently with Julian Assange taking up residency at their London embassy, but have you heard about the country's project to move away from fossil fuels to renewables? Watch our two-part documentary to find out more.

Ecuador is in a rapid modernisation and at the heart of it is the Yasuni Initiative, which involves the country choosing to no longer rely on exploiting its natural oil reserves in return for a UN cash handout of $3.6 billion focused on renewable energy and community development. It is the brainchil...

19/08/2012

A glimpse into the genius of the late, great Jimmy Little...

With a remarkable talent and conviction, Jimmy Little rose from poverty and personal tragedy to become Australia?s first Aboriginal popstar.

15/08/2012

Just how much does the snap of a biscuit or the crunch of a fish finger impact on our enjoyment of food? Watch our doc Food Design and discover the science behind the senses.

A fascinating dive inside the science that drives what you get on your table. Food Design takes you inside the secret labs of food giant Unilever to see how designers and scientists are defining your favourite mouthful today and into tomorrow. Form, colour, smell, consistency, even the sounds you ma...

10/08/2012

Personal Best star James Ellington may have come to the end of his Olympic dream, but you can watch the story from the start online here:

Filmed over four years, a portrait of up-and-coming British sprinters in training and competition on the eve of the 2012 Olympics, and a deeply personal account of their lives as they strive towards their dreams.

07/08/2012

Watched the Olympic gymnastics and want more? Follow the story of two North Korean gymnasts in our doc A State of Mind.

Follow two young North Korean girls as they prepare for the Mass Games, the world's largest choreographed gymnastics performance. This is a chance to see inside a country mostly hidden from Western eyes and to try to understand what it is like to live under one of the most repressive regimes in the ...

04/08/2012

Been watching the Olympics? Look out for Personal Best star James Ellington in the 200m men's heats on Tuesday 7th August.

02/08/2012

Great interview with Personal Best director Sam Blair about how his film school graduate project grew into a five-year labour of love.

After taking a look into the first day of the ongoing festivities here in the Shoreditch area of London, the second night played host to a special viewing of...

31/07/2012

Great article about global warming from Rolling Stone. Read and then watch our Sundance winner Fuel to learn more about our reliance on fossil fuels.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719

Winner of the Sundance Audience Award and 11 years in the making, Fuel is the personal journey of Australian filmmaker and eco-evangelist Josh Tickell. He takes us on a road trip into our dependence on foreign oil, combining a history lesson of the auto and petroleum industries and interviews with a...

30/07/2012

Hear from first-time feature director Todd Drezner about how his son inspired the doc Loving Lamposts:

http://www.smh.com.au/tv/Health/Loving-Lampposts-4272704 =00MTJpNTps0HlZrFngzhZPMCAfbWxnGT

What would you call a four-year-old who caresses all the lampposts in the park? Quirky? Unusual? Or sick? Such labels are at the centre of the debate about autism. Is it a disease or a different way of being - or both? In Loving Lampposts, we witness this debate and meet the parents, doctors, therap...

29/07/2012

Discover the story of the woman whose advocacy helped bring into power Washington State's Domestic Partnership legislation.

Le***an Charlene Strong was thrust into the global spotlight after the tragic death of her wife Kate. After facing this loss and discrimination of hospital and funeral home staff, she decided to take a stand and became a cause celebre. It took her all the way to the US President and the US Congress ...

26/07/2012

Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has apparently skipped bail in Germany. Read the story then watch our amazing doc Pirate For the Sea.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/sea-shepherd-founder-skips-bail-in-germany-20120726-22t57.html

A biographical film featuring Captain Paul Watson, the youngest founding member of Greenpeace Canada. During his early days with Greenpeace, he organized campaigns protesting the killing of seals, whales and dolphins. Because of his aggressive tactics, Greenpeace ejected him, considering him as