Welcome to our first Roots & Reels ecological film festival screening.

We have set out a call for Nottinghamshire-based people and projects using film as a medium to celebrate ecology, raise awareness and inspire climate action... and people have answered!

Enjoy a diverse selection of short films, from the quirky and poetic, to the documentary in style.
The evening will be interspersed with moments to share, chat and reflect.

Thursday 31st July 2025
7pm - 9pm

Section 1
1 - Plastic Parley by Penny Arnold 
2 - An I away from Science by Karla Jones
3 - Forest and Frequency by Georgianna Scurfield with Caroline Locke
Ringing of bells and sharing of trees

Section 2
4 - Bin on Trial by Penny Arnold
5 - Digitalis by Rebecca Beinart, Usha Mahenthiralingam and Freddy Griffiths
6 - Shelf Life by INSTAR
7 - Sun, wind, shadow, tree, dance by Saintly Amok
8 - Common is the land by River Butterworth

 Comfort break and herbs

Section 3
9 - Handy Bin by Penny Arnold 
10 - Our Beautiful Wild by Young Voices for Nature 
11 - In the studio by Beam Editions
12 - Drastic Plastic by Children from Ilkeston Cotmanhay Junior School
13 - Machine for Food by Jonathan Hamilton
14 - Land of Aprons by Usha Mahenthiralingam
Short reflection on the gifts that get passed forward
Seeds for the future