Costa Georgiadis
Where do Tasmanians grow their own vegetables?
On the nature strip? In a tractor tyre? Or in old toilets they buy from the tip shop?
All of the above says Tasmanian Eco Film Festival (TeFF) director Kyia Clayton.
“There are lots of people, inner city, who plant and grow edibles in small containers
in interesting ways.
“I overheard a guy at the tip shop recently say he was buying four used toilets to
plant blueberry bushes in them as he only had a small patio and no garden space.”
TeFF is running a competition this year to coincide with the festival to find
Tasmania’s most creative and efficient growers in an urban environment. The
competition will be judged by Gardening Australia presenter Costa Georgiadis.
He says the benefit of growing food on nature strips stretches beyond encouraging
people to eat healthily and locally and reducing the amount of mowing.
“It’s turning people from inside their houses back to the artery of the community in
the streets and lanes and passageways,” he said.
“If we allow gardens to happen on the verges, on nature strips and other small urban
spaces we’re actually saying ‘lets open up our houses, let’s be communal again.”
Teff’s closing night film ‘Can You Dig This’ is about how urban food growing in
Central LA is changing the hearts and lives of it’s residents and Costa is also guest
speaker.
Costa will be judging and awarding the most creative, innovative, strange or just
plain efficient food planting winner a cube of delicious dark ale. “And who knows,”
Says Clayton, “ If there’s more than one winner, we may have to give away some
Bream Creek wine too!”
To enter, send a photo of your small food growing method / space to
[email protected] with subject line DARK ALE by 12noon FRIDAY 18 NOV. Costa will
give the winner the beer in person at the closing night film screening.
Program is live at www.tassieff.com
Over four days, festival-goers will be treated to nine film screenings at the State
Cinema – of which five are Australian premiere screenings
This year, TeFF is also pleased to be offering three master class workshops covering
VR filmmaking, documentary, (story, sound & funding) and scriptwriting. “We
wanted to give to Tasmanian filmmakers and utilize the expertise of our visiting
guests.” Kyia Clayton said.
AND some great FREE events at IMAS and TMAG for families all about the ocean!
TeFF has attracted a stellar list of VIPs like Oscar-nominated screenwriter John
Collee, Emmy-award winning Director Ian McCluskey ,UK plankton scientist Dr.
Richard Kirby, Alice Englert, actress (Beautiful Creatures) & daughter of Jane
Campion and home-grown eco-warrior and host of Gardening Australia, Costa
Georgiadis, to name just a few.
Kyia Clayton Director – TeFF
