Movies: Happen Films

Sometimes it can feel like the environmental, economic and social issues the world is currently facing are too big, too overwhelming, to be dealt with by individuals. Climate change, resource limits, economic downturn, social disconnection. Surely th...

A feature-length documentary that follows a community in Australia who came together to explore and demonstrate a simpler way to live in response to global crises....

The incredible story of how degraded gorse-infested farmland has been regenerated back into beautiful New Zealand native forest over the course of 30 years. Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest is a 30-minute documentary about Hinewai Natu...

In Ben & bEartha, we follow passionate composter Ben Bushell as he leads a team to develop a machine that enables large-scale composting for any community worldwide. Through Ben's inspiring journey, we discover bEartha, an automatic composting machin...

Together We Grow is a 40-minute documentary that tells the inspiring story of a thriving hub helping to build resilience into its local community by growing, sewing, repairing, sharing – you name it, Common Unity is doing it! Too many of our communi...