Nov 19th, 2023 Film Festival Returns at Totnes Cinema

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We’re thrilled to announce that the 6th Transition Town Totnes Film Festival will take place at the much-loved venue, Totnes Cinema, on November 19th. The event aims to bring people together through the shared love of film and storytelling, to explore ways in which we can live more sustainably in these times of change.

In the morning the café will be open as usual from 10am for the general public and there will be an opportunity to join filmmakers Emilio Mula and Edson Acero for a workshop in animation. Details about how to register for this workshop will soon be available on our website.

The afternoon will be a ticketed event from 2pm for the screening of two documentary films by Cornwall Climate Care, Food for Thought and Under the Surface, both of which will be introduced by the filmmaker Claire Wallerstein.

A very special evening will commence from 7pm with a guest speaker introducing the film King Cole. An announcement will be made soon on our website and social media channels, with more details including how to book tickets. Tickets will also be available from the bar.

TTTFF20 dates

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TTTFF20: our next festival will be in November 2020, dates tbc – again in partnership with the Barn Cinema in Dartington and our own local venue, Totnes Cinema.

Transition Town Totnes Film Festivals show films on a range of important issues – including climate change, food production, declining resources and the value of community. We also address key challenges of our time such as refugees, global exploitation, social exclusion/justice, and women’s empowerment.

We seek to present films which provide hope, inspiration and imaginative solutions whilst not avoiding the stark realities we are currently facing.

Unlike most film festivals we do not just show recent releases but rather present stimulating films which have not been commercially distributed.

Many sessions offer time for discussions, often with the film-makers themselves and relevant speakers. There are also film-making workshops over the weekend for both children and adults.

 

Transition Town Totnes (TTT)

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Transition Town Totnes is a community-led local charity that exists to strengthen the local economy, reduce our environmental impact, and build our resilience for a future with less cheap energy and a changing climate.

TTT is not a ‘membership’ organisation, but a collection of local volunteers with a small staff team, who come together to work on projects. Anyone can get involved. Our projects and groups are ever-changing and evolving, and we always welcome new ideas.

Our work ranges from increasing the amount of low impact affordable housing, sharing skills, creating livelihoods, reducing energy costs and carbon emissions, growing our local food economy, running a film festival and working in partnership with other local projects.

Transition Town initiatives began in 2005 and Totnes was one of the first towns to declare itself to be in transition – so what does that mean?
The initial impetus for Transition was Peak Oil.  Without cheap fossil fuels, many of the things we take for granted become impossible, and our dependency makes us vulnerable. Bring Climate Change into the equation, and reducing our dependency on fossil fuels becomes logical, urgent and ethically imperative. Many of the projects and proposals that have come from TTT explore ways of living that respect the biological limits of the planet.

Economic growth, as measured by governments and mainstream economists, is utterly dependent on energy use.
Transition proposes new ways to regenerate the economy by making things much more local again and cutting down on fossil fuel dependence. This is hugely economically advantageous to our communities, with significant potential for more local skills and employment.

In practice, Transition works by inviting people to take ownership of the process; not by claiming to have all the answers but through encouraging creativity, and by building networks with other organisations. An essential part of the Transition method is visioning.
We believe in a positive vision of the future and work to make it real.

To find out more about TTT click on the links below
https://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/
https://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/get-involved/ways-to-get-involved

 

Become a Friend of TTT
TTT is a registered charity with a network of 150 volunteers supported by part-time staff (who also volunteer).
Our projects are funded by grants and other income and our core costs are funded by donations and proceeds from events.
Regular gifts from friends of TTT are also vital to our survival.

To become a Friend please visit
https://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/getinvolved/donate

Transition Town Totnes
Phone: 01803 867358
Email:info@transitiontowntotnes.org
The Mansion 36a Fore St, Totnes, TQ9 5RP
Registered Charity 1138865 :: Company Limited by Guarantee: 06287039

A part of Transition Network

Transition Network

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TRANSITION is a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world by starting local.

Started in 2005 it has now spread to over 50 countries, with thousands of groups in towns, villages, cities, universities, schools.

Courageous conversations are being had; extraordinary change is unfolding.

 

Transition groups and organisations form at various levels of scale to catalyse and support Transition.

The TRANSITION NETWORK functions at a global level, whilst at the local level there are the core teams of local initiatives such as TTT (Transition Town Totnes), and in between local and global are the National and Regional Hubs.

These Hubs are as diverse as the communities they arise in. Some are funded, many are volunteers, others are pre-existing organisations who stepped up to catalyse and support Transition in their part of the world.

People get involved with Transition for all sorts of reasons: 

• To get to know their neighbours

• To feel that they are making a difference in the world, both now, and for future generations

• To overcome the sense of disconnection they feel from self, others and from the nature around them because the world’s huge challenges feel more manageable if addressed at the local scale

• To catalyse all manner of new projects, enterprises and investment opportunities

• To learn new skills

• To feel like they are creating a more life enhancing story for their place

• To feel connected to other people, the natural world, and to something historic and exciting happening around them

• Because they feel it is “the right thing to do”

• Because they feel disenfranchised by politics and want to be able to take back a sense that they can influence the world around them

One of the key ways Transition spreads is through telling inspiring stories.

Text from The Essential Guide to Doing Transition –
FREE to download from https://transitionnetwork.org/

Image by transitionnetwork.org

ACTTT – Clear Water arts trail

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The CLEAR WATER arts trail is organised by ACTTT to support TTTFF

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Arts and Creativity TTT – a creative community developing Transition principles

 

During the Film Festival and several weeks beforehand, work by local artists is displayed in shop windows and other venues around Totnes on the theme of CLEAR WATER

 

Image: detail of Turtle painting by Steve Nayar

CLEAR WATER exhibition at the Ariel Centre, Totnes, Jan 10-Feb 14 2019

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The Kitchen Table in the Civic Hall

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The Kitchen Table will be serving delicious, fresh sweet and savoury treats, hot and cold drinks all day on Saturday and Sunday in Totnes Civic Hall.

Pop in for a healthy and tasty treat to accompany your film viewing (or just because you’re hungry!)

http://www.thekitchentable.org.uk
Sima Cutting 07583400998

Some of the CLEAR WATER artworks

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Deborah Carnegie at Heart and Soul Funerals

Marcea Colley at The Albatross Fish and Chip Restaurant

Janet Holt at Devon Makers

Louise Scammell at Devon Makers

Muriel Soriano “NESSY” at Totnes Library

Berry Pomeroy Primary School mosaics

Totnes St John’s Primary School

Kevicc’s WHALE

Jan O’Highway WINTER at Peters Optical

CLEAR WATER arts trail poster

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Totnes hosts the CLEAR WATER ART TRAIL – 29th October to the 19th November.

Be prepared for the unusual when Totnes welcomes the “CLEAR WATER” Art Trail, which includes works made with local artists, schools, the library, and other groups in and around Totnes.

Works will be displayed in numerous shop windows along Fore Street and The High Street as well as Morrison’s and the ReSTORE at Dartington.

CLEAR WATER aims to draw attention in a playful and creative way to the importance of keeping our water crystal clear and clean:  ACTTT  has created this Trail to support the Transition Town Film Festival.

An exhibition will follow in January 2019 at the Ariel Centre, Totnes

https://www.facebook.com/TTTArtsNetwork/