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The Power of Play

Lizards do it.  Even fish do it. The animal world is showing us why play is a serious matter.

Through a combination of ongoing experiments, reconstructed experiments and guided observation, The Power of Play reveals surprising truths about play in the natural world. 

Scientists from Europe, the United States and Canada, many of them pioneers in the field, offer convincing evidence that play is not to be taken lightly. In fact, it has the power to make animals and humans smarter, healthier and more likely to survive.

Afghan Memento

In 1988, Olivier Brodard -a twenty one year old idealist- made a six-month humanitarian trip to Afghanistan under Soviet occupation with $50,000 in his backpack destined for the local populations.

Entering illegally via Pakistan Olivier, along with his friend Paul Castella, made the arduous journey on foot, camel and tank to the Pansir Valley. They met commander Massoud and shared the daily life of the afghan people witnessing first hand the front line of the Afghan battle against the Soviet Union.

When Olivier reluctantly returned home to Switzerland, he had a terrible car accident. After weeks in a deep coma, he woke up with severe amnesia and the new challenge of rebuilding his life.

With the help of his detailed diaries and photographs taken at the time, Olivier attempts to explore his memories and recover a part of his own identity that had been lost.

Afghan Memento tells the story of a fearless journey made by two men in their prime, but more than that, it is an elegant rendering of where our experiences, memories and identity intersect.

The Leftovers

A film about five people who attempt to travel 2000km in a vegetable oil powered van… Living on nothing but waste.

The Leftovers is a road trip adventure about people who eat trash. Meet Mykel and Paul, two experienced Dumpster Divers as they embark on a journey down the east coast of Australia. Wanting to make a statement about our over consuming society, they challenge themselves to live on nothing but waste and so leaving their money behind, they power their van with waste vegetable oil and eat out of bins along the way.

Also along for the ride they bring three brave new apprentices to the world of Dumpster Diving. Nick from Scotland who’s in for the thrill, Sofia an international student from Sweden who wants to see the real Australia and Krystal who just wants to get out of Brisbane!

Will their first adrenalin-pumping dive into dumpster living be remembered as the dawn of a new age or the holiday from hell?!