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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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IMAGINING DECOLONISATION AND WHY IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE WITH TINA NGATAHAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #7 AboutTranscript In Episode 7 of the Happen Films Podcast, Antoinette is joined by Tina Ngata (Ngati...
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Navigating the Human Predicament with Nate HagensHAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #6 AboutTranscript In Episode 6 of the Happen Films podcast, with Jordan away spending time with an unwell family member, Antoinette...
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Brett & Nici from Limestone Permaculture on Drought, Bushfires, & Answering your QuestionsHAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #5 In Episode 5 of the Happen Films podcast we speak to Brett and Nici...
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