Award-winning filmmakers have created these short films, commissioned by Live Earth, to showcase the diversity and creativity of the international response to the climate crisis. The Live Earth Film Project premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and is sponsored by Absolut.

Film Title: "Sunny Day"
Director: Sophie Muller
Film Synopsis: A beautiful stylistic film encouraging the people of LA to ditch the tumble dryer and encourage use of the eco-friendly washing line instead.
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Film Title: "Mermaid"
Director: Matt Tomaszewski
Film Synopsis: This short film explores the ocean world as it appears to a young girl.
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Film Title: "Sad Fish"
Director: Malcolm Venville
Film Synopsis: Using children as subjects for an investigation of contemporary environmental issues.
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Film Title: "Wind"
Director: Chel White
Film Synopsis: A short film that takes a look at wind in relation to its environment, narrated by Alec Baldwin. 
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Film Title: "Think (What Does It Take To Change A Habit)"
Director: Rupert Jones
Film Synopsis: A short film about environmental options in simple commerce.
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Film Title: "Penguin In A Pickle"
Director: Alex Maclean
Film Synopsis: This animated short film follows the travels of a penguin set adrift on a melting glacier.
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Film Title: "One Less Car"
Director: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Film Synopsis: A documentary featuring cyclists in New York City.
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Film Title: "Polar Bear Man"
Director: Big TV
Film Synopsis: A short film about a man's experience with climate change and how it mirrors the real-life challenges polar bears face with global warming.
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Film Title: "School Run"
Director: Ben and Joe Dempsey
Film Synopsis: This short film features a traffic officer who takes a mom to task for driving a SUV, while also offering information on how SUVs affect the environment.
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Film Title: "A Beginner's Guide To Giving A Damn"
Director: Al McCuish
Film Synopsis: This animated short film offers an informative and entertaining view of how you can make a difference in the fight against global warming.
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Film Title: "The Village Green"
Director: Inigo Gilmore
Film Synopsis: This short film explores the first British community to go "carbon-neutral".
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Film Title: "Spinal Tap Reunites"
Director: Rob Reiner
Film Synopsis: David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel come to the rescue to raise awareness about climate change and play for the Live Earth concerts on 7/7/07.
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Film Title: "Switch On, Switch Off"
Director: Chris Bran
Film Synopsis: Featured at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, this film takes a rhythmically graphic exploration of what switching off and on a simple switch means in global terms.
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Film Title: "Rubbish"
Director: D-Fuse
Film Synopsis: Created by D-Fuse, a group of artists and designers who explore the relationship between image and sound in creative media, this short film reveals the rapid change in our environment caused by human exploitation. It was featured at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
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Film Title: "Cow"
Director: Johan Renck
Film Synopsis: Directed by Johan Renck, this film highlights the effect intensive farming has on the environment. It appeared at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
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Film Title: "Bob & Harry: The Last Two Polar Bears"
Director: Sophie Keller and Oli Barry
Film Synopsis: Three short films directed by Sophie Keller and Oli Barry follow the last two polar bears, Harry and Bob, as they go in search of love, a home and food, only to find there are no polar bears left to love, no place to live and no food to eat.
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Film Title: "Don't Let It All Unravel"
Director: Sarah Cox
Film Synopsis: Directed by Sarah Cox, this simple, striking film depicts the world as knitting, only to slowly unravel over 90 seconds to nothing. It appeared at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
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Film Title: "Cough, Cold and High Fever"
Director: Jason Archer
Film Synopsis: Directed by Jason Archer and Paul Beck, this animated dark comedy features the Earth as the "hero." This film was featured in this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
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Film Title: "Public Information Broadcasts"
Film Synopsis: Ten bold, animated public-information films on how to save the planet. These films appeared at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
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Film Title: "Earth 2.0"
Director: Vernie Yeung
Film Synopsis: This short film shows the different carbon moments of our lives such as driving, turning on lights, etc., as paired with different global warming moments such as glaciers breaking apart and falling into the sea. It appeared at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
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Film Title: "Lightbulb"
Director: Joe Cole
Film Synopsis: This clever "how-to" instructional parody directed by Joe Cole demonstrates how to replace old light bulbs for new energy-efficient ones. It appeared at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
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Film Title: "Hey You"
Film Synopsis: Music video of the new Madonna song, created in support of Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis on 7/7/07
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Film Title: "Super Power Bloke"
Director: Sam Arthur
Film Synopsis: Directed by Sam Arthur, this animated film features a young boy as a superhero who informs the public about simple things to do around the home to lower carbon emissions. It was featured at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
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