Gunnamatta - Australia, dir. Carlo Iacovino, 2006 – 10min
Over the past 30 years the once pristine Gunnamatta beach has been reduced to a toxic wasteland by the daily dumping of 450 million litres of waste water on the shoreline. This short film shows the environmental disaster affecting Port Phillip Bay and its surroundings.
In Rio de Janeiro’s infamous favelas (shantytowns), residents must contend with violence, drug gangs and corruption on a daily basis. To defy such entrenched, overwhelming environmental challenges takes great courage and strength of will. Surfing Favela reveals how a group of young favela-dwellers take up surfing instead of crime, and find freedom and inspiration in the process.