Controversial documentary nominated for UK award

Controversial documentary nominated for UK film award

The controversial 1080 documentary that won the Skeptics "Bent Spoon" award - and which saw activist Chris Short refuse to come down from Mount Tongariro unless it was screened on national television - has just been nominated for a more prestigious, UK film festival award.

Poisoning Paradise - Ecocide New Zealand was entered into the Environment and Ecology best film category at the Swansea Bay Film Festival, in the UK, and is among a short list of 4 other films from around the world, for the award.

The film was co-produced - directed by Clyde and Steve Graf. The Graf brothers spent over 18 months making the film, and have travelled the length of New Zealand promoting it.

"We have now reduced the running time of the film to 98 minutes, which was a difficult job". Said Clyde Graf.

The Graf's say that they were introduced to the film festival circuit by a New Zealand organisation.

"We were asked by the Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival, here in New Zealand, to enter Poisoning Paradise into their competition. Since then, the festival thing has taken off" said Clyde Graf.

Poisoning Paradise is awaiting nomination in 7 other international film festivals.

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