Environmental Film Festival: Floodland
Lismore has always lived with floods, but as the climate crisis intensifies, residents face an impossible choice: adapt, or walk away. How long can resilience hold against a rising tide?
© Bonsai Films
Age: Recommended 15+ years
2024 | Unclassified 15+ | 91min | Australia
Directed by Jordan Giusti
This screening includes a post-film Q&A with the director.
Lismore is Australia's flood capital, priding itself on historic resilience in the face of immeasurable deluge. But as the climate crisis rises tides, uncomfortable truths boil to the surface, leaving residents wondering if their precarious way of life can survive the changing world.
Filmed over three years, this gripping and deeply human documentary explores how residents must choose to grit it out, adapt or abandon their homes in the face of an uncertain future.
Floodland is part of the 2026 Environmental Film Festival; a series of compelling films that celebrate our planet and the people fighting to protect it. See the full lineup here.
