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Six Inches of Soil: UK-wide cinema screenings

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NFFN has been a Six Inches of Soil partner since the film’s inception nearly three years ago. Preview screenings for the film started in January, following its global launch at COP28 and UK launch at ORFC 2024.

The Six Inches of Soil team recently announced a run of cinema screenings as part of Picturehouse’s Green Screen Tour, which includes thirteen cinema venues with a live panel conversation following the film. The tour begins on Tuesday, 19th March, with a red-carpet gala event at Cambridge Arts. It will then visit Picturehouse Cinemas in Crouch End (London), Norwich, Brighton, Bath, Henley, Exeter, Liverpool, Chester, Oxford, Edinburgh, York & Ealing (London). 

Green Screen provides a safe space to discuss the issues raised by environmental films and to meet other interested community members.

Producer Claire Mackenzie said: “In March, we also begin our UK-wide programme of community screenings that will run throughout this year. We already have screenings booked from the north of Scotland down to Britain’s most southerly farm in Cornwall. These screenings will have panels and Q&A sessions and celebrate local food that is hopefully regeneratively grown. From our extensive research, we found that a community screening programme can have more of an impact and lead to action being taken by the audience – that’s why it’s at the heart of our distribution plan. By early summer, the film should be made available via an online streaming service or a video-on-demand platform. We hope that despite the film being made available online, the roadshow will continue in towns and cities on farms and in boardrooms.”

It's films like this that make me incredibly proud to programme our Green Screen strand - audiences will feel empowered by the science, inspired by the stories and connected by the humanity.

Flick Beckett, Head of Picturehouse Green Steering Group

What is Six Inches of Soil?

Six Inches of Soil tells the inspiring story of young English farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil and our health and provide for local communities.

Half the food we eat in the UK is produced by about 180,000 farmers, who manage 70 per cent of our land. Current “industrial” mainstream farming practices significantly contribute to soil degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change. Regenerative farming practices within an agroecological system promote healthier soils, provide healthier, affordable food, restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. 

The film is a story of three new farmers on the first year of their regenerative journey to heal the soil and help transform the food system - Anna Jackson, a Lincolnshire 11th generation arable and sheep farmer; Adrienne Gordon, a Cambridgeshire small-scale vegetable farmer; and Ben Thomas, who rears pasture-fed beef cattle in Cornwall.

As the trio of young farmers strive to adopt regenerative practices and create viable businesses, they meet seasoned mentors who help them on their journey. They are joined by other experts providing wisdom and solutions from a growing movement of people who are dedicated to changing the trajectory for food, farming and the planet.

Claire concludes: “Throughout this whole process, we’ve had a fantastic level of support and engagement from our 11 NGO partners, who include NFFN. These organisations and farmers are working hard to create a more resilient and diverse farming system. They have encouraged us to make the film and we have remained independent so we can produce a film that pushes for change. We’re now working with our partners to develop our impact and educational campaign that is part of the distribution of the film.”