On Saturday 28 June from 1PM head to HEART to watch some short films all about nature and the environment! PAYF raffle too!

These are the shorts you will see on the afternoon in two sections. There will be a draw a long from Alicia Hayden who made THE LOST SONGSTRESS so we can all draw curlews

PRAISE SONG FOR AN ACORN - animation celebrating the acorn

THE MAN OF TREES - about the brilliant Daniel Balima who has polio but has planted more than a million trees

EVERY LIVING THING, JAGUARS: GUARDIANS OF REALITY, WHALE: SAVE THE WHALES AGAIN, WOLVES: BORN TO BE REWILD - hybrid of animation and interviews all about these amazing animals

WASTE WATCHERS - humorous animation from the awesome Leeds Animation Workshop about encouraging energy conservation, with early warnings about climate chagne from 1996

THE LOST SONGSTRESS - artist/conservationalist Alicia Hayden explores the conservation of Eurasian curlews and following this film Alicia has made a draw along video so we can all draw curlews and then there will be a 10 min break

THE BIRD IN MY BACKYARD - about a window salesman who has created a living laboratory for documenting hummingbird behaviour

PARLEY OCEAN SCHOOL Part 1: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD - first part of an educational series to appreciate our oceans and Marine Biologist Sylvia Earle emphasises the oceans' critical role for sustaining life on Earth

KO TATOU TE WAI: WE ARE THE WATER - The connection to water to the Māori community of Northland Aotearoa (NZ)

THE COLDER THE WATER, THE DEEPER THE BONDS - Milk Teeth Production's film about wild swimming, showing another reason why we should care for our waters

SEYMUKE: THE ANCESTOR WE WILL BE - Colombia's Arhuaco tribe's first female Indigenous film-maker documents the life of a mamo, a spiritual leader and their connection to life and nature

BEAVERS ABOUT TOWN - beavers navigating the urban world of Vienna

The films should finish around 3:30PM At the end if the weather is nice please join me in a litter walk to the Brudenell, in conjunction with Litter Free Leeds who will provide grabbers and purple bags and I will provide some gloves. This is totally optional though. We'll stop at the Brudenell for a social drink after too!

Even though the films content aren't 18 and over the event is going to be classified 18 by the council so anyone under 18 can't attend.