FISHING FOR THE FUTURE About the film In many countries, including here in Aotearoa New Zealand, there’s a common belief that small-scale fishing is no longer a financially viable option,...
Read More
We’re excited to be teaming up with UK-based animator Ben Sinclair, of Fire Lily Studio, to make a series of short films that blend live-action footage and animation. Our mission?...
Read More
GROWING WILD TOGETHER About the film Watch our original film from 2016, An Invitation for Wildness. In Growing Wild Together we return to the nearly 30-year-old food forest growing on...
Read More
After 7 years making films about sustainability and resilience, we’re working out how to build both of those into Happen Films itself. We have a dream for HF: to shift...
Read More
FOOLS & DREAMERS (AUDIO DESCRIPTION VERSION) About the film Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest is a free 30-minute documentary about Hinewai Nature Reserve, on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula,...
Read More
DR. JESSICA HUTCHINGS EXTENDED INTERVIEW This is the full-length interview with Dr Jessica Hutchings for our film Hua Parakore: Living Indigenous Food Sovereignty. Hua Parakore provides a framework using Indigenous...
Read More
HUA PARAKORE: LIVING INDIGENOUS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY About the film Hua Parakore was established in Aotearoa New Zealand by Te Waka Kai Ora, the National Māori Organics Authority. It provides a...
Read More
THE FOOD FOREST FARMERS Syntropic farming is a new and ancient regenerative agriculture practice that can be implemented in any region, in any climate, in limitless ways – even in...
Read More
KLAUS LOTZ ON SYNTROPIC FARMING (EXTENDED INTERVIEW) Klaus talks about his background and the history of the property they live on, and his experience with syntropic agroforestry. From our film...
Read More
FROM WEEDY FORESTS TO GRASSY WOODLANDS From Weedy Forests to Grassy Woodlands tells the story of a community-led initiative to mitigate forest fire risk using goats and hand tools rather...
Read More