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A Hard Rain - Twice Academy Award nominee and five time AFI winner David Bradbury explores the `other side' of the nuclear debate. Traversing five countries- China , France , UK , Japan and Australia , A Hard Rain exposes the hidden agendas behind the latest push for Australia to go nuclear and presents a compelling argument against allowing this to happen. With interviews from some of the world's top scientists and environmentalists, including Dr Rosalie Bertell (Canada ), Dr Chris Busby (UK), Dr Mark Diesendorf, Prof. Ian Lowe & Dr Gavin Mudd (Aust), A Hard Rain provides the information you need to know to decide if Australia should head down the nuclear path.

5.30pm: The One tree project (2004, 20 mins)
Is woodchipping a waste of a precious resource? See what can be created using just one tree. An inspiring and fascinating documentary of the journey of a tree from Tasmania's southern forests through the hands of many creative people.

6:30: Dinner – Cheap Yummy Meal Available

7pm: Out of Balance: How Exxon Mobil's impact on climate change (2007, 65 mins)
This film shows the influence that the largest company in the world has on governments, the media and citizens and what can be done about global warming. While the Earth's climate is pushed further out of balance by increasing use of fossil fuels, ExxonMobil continues to assert undue influence around the world— making record profits while ignoring climate science for which there has been overwhelming consensus for over ten years.

$8/$5 conc per film or $20/ $15 conc for festival pass. A fundraiser for Green Left Weekly. See www.greenleft.org.au/calendar