ЭКОЧАШКА: The First Non-Profit Environmental Cinema Festival - Press release
The Festival will take place February 24th – 28th. You can visit our EcoBreakfasts, take part in the evening programs and screenings, and on the weekend there are Special Days dedicated to Eco-Architecture and Reserve and Volunteering.
EcoCup is the first screening of new ecological films from all over the world here in
Moscow
. It is a new and interesting format of cinema, and an original idea for getting the environmental movements message to more people here in
Russia
.
We offer you a very new format for a Film Festival. You may enjoy your morning coffee watching a film in the cozy ExLibris Caffe. You may take part in the Eco-Quiz afterwards and participate in the after-film discussion with other participants and with our special guests.
We fill the EcoCup for the very first time. We want to show that Environmental Protection can yield results through exposure to the issues, discussion and spreading the word about how all of our actions have an impact upon the environment.
EcoBreakfast will take place in ExLibris Café by Turgenevsky Library from February 24th to Feb 28th. The evening screenings will take place at the newly opened space “Nauka
254”
The Opening Meeting will be February 24 at 18.00 at Space “Nauka254”
The first screening of “Plastic addicted” by Canadian director Ian Connaher and “Age of Stupid”, for the fist time in Russian language will be shown for you at the Festival on February 25th.
February 27 and 28 are the Special Days in “Nauka254”. Saturday 27 – Eco-Architecture with
Green
Building
Council. On February 28th the Film of the day is “Last call for planet Earth” by Jacques Allard. Mr. Allard will be the Special Guest of our Festival.
with the film by Finnish Director John Webster “Recipes for Disaster”
Sunday 28
We thank WWF, Eco-Wiki, “Reserves”, Oxfam and Clic.ru for the help and sponsorship in organizing the Festival. You can find more information at our site www.ecocup.ru.
All the screenings are for free. Registration is required. Find registration form at the site.
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