Films & Schedule
Join us for four amazing days of top environmental film premiers, special performances, and events. Browse our selection of films, preview the trailers, and book your tickets today.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12 7 to 9 PM Piola
Film Festival Kick-off Party - FREE ADMISSION
Join us in this fun evening to celebrate the launching of South Florida's First Environmental Film Festival. Appetizers to be served by Piola Restaurant and Caipirinhas by Leblon Cachaça | 1625 Alton Rd. | Miami Beach
THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 5:30 PM Colony Theater
Big Blue & You Student Film Competition - FREE ADMISSION
MBEFF welcomes young filmmakers to make their mark on the big screen when we screen this year’s best student-produced environmental short films.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 - 7:00 PM Colony Theater
CLIMAX & Revenge of the Electric Car
We are kicking off MBEFF with a bang this year. Climax, a multimedia performance by Natasha Tsakos, gives life to the issues affecting our environment. Climax will be followed by a screening of this years highly anticipated film Revenge of the Electric Car. Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 - 9:30 PM Colony Theater
Queen of the Sun
Queen of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is an in-depth investigation to discover the causes and solutions behind Colony Collapse Disorder; a phenomenon where honeybees vanish from their hives, never to return.
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 - 10 PM to Midnight - HIGH BAR @ THE DREAM HOTEL
Opening Party - FREE ADMISSION
Join us for the Festival's Opening Party at the Dream Hotel's HIGH BAR. Open Bar from 10 to 11 PM to feature complimentary Eco-Friendly Cocktails courtesy of VeeV Açaí Spirit. Cash bar from 11 PM to 1 AM. Sounds provided by RossiLive | 1111 Collins Avenue | Miami Beach
FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 - 7:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our most pressing environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. The population is turning 7 billion in 2011, a startling seven-fold increase since the first billion occurred 200 years ago.
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 - 9:00 PM New World Symphony
SEJ VIP Reception (Invitation Only)
MBEFF rolls out the GREEN carpet for the Society of Environmental Journalists for an evening of entertainment at the New World Symphony. SEJ VIP Reception & World Premier Screening of Jean-Michel Cousteau's latest documentary - My Father, the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, based on his best-selling book about his father Jacques Cousteau. Jean-Michel and Cousteau family members will introduce the never-before-seen family footage. http://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2011-main
FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 - 9:30 PM Miami Beach SoundScape Theater
Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance - FREE SCREENING
MBEFF has partnered with the City of Miami Beach to host a free public screening at the Miami Beach SoundScape theater: a soaring 7,000-square-foot projection wall equipped with the latest visual and audio technology. Bring the entire family to what is sure to be a memorable event under the stars.
The film is a vision of the collision of two different worlds -- urban life and technology versus the environment. "Koyaanisqatsi," a Hopi indian term for "life out of balance,” progresses from scenes of purely natural environments to nature as affected by man, in visual concert of images set to the powerful music of Phillip Glass.
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 - 7:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque
Play Again
One generation from now most people in the U.S. will have spent more time in the virtual world than in nature. PLAY AGAIN investigates the consequences of a childhood removed from nature and encourages action for a sustainable future.
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 - 9:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque
The Light Bulb Conspiracy
Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since.
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 - 7:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque
The Pipe
In a remote corner of the West of Ireland sits Broadhaven Bay. It is the perfect picture postcard, where the high cliffs of Erris Head and the Stags of Broadhaven stand sentry at the mouth of the bay. However, this peaceful tranquility belies the turmoil that lies beneath, and the unique nature of the coastline which has sustained generations of farmers and fishermen, has also delivered to Shell Oil the perfect landfall for the Corrib Gas Pipeline.
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 - 9:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque
The City Dark
THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky. In six chapters weaving together cutting-edge science with personal, meditative sequences reflecting on the human relationship to the sky, THE CITY DARK shines a new light on the meaning of the dark.
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 - 10 PM to Midnight - Crescendos Piano Lounge
Closing Party - FREE ADMISSION
Join us for the Festival's Closing Party at Crescendos Piano Lounge - a romantic new hideaway in the DiLido building at the Ritz Carlton Hotel has a cozy, romantic atmosphere, a speakeasy vibe and elegant musicians tickling the ivories for your late night rendezvous. Cuddle up with your special someone on the luxe suede banquettes, sip a snifter of something strong and find yourself transported back to an era when grownups didn’t spend their evenings texting each other in a thumping dance club. The perfect place for the Festival's Closing Party ! Open Bar from 10 to 11 PM to feature complimentary Eco-Friendly Cocktails courtesy of VeeV Açaí Spirit. Cash bar from 11 PM to 1 AM. Piano sounds provided by the amazing Piano Player Freddy | 113 Lincoln Road | Tel 305.674.1787
