This documentary follows the transformation of a terraced building in the Welsh Valleys into an eco-friendly, energy self-sufficient home. In clear, accessible language, it details the DIY process—from erecting steelwork, installing hemp insulation, and fitting underfloor heating, to integrating ...

Peter Stutchbury Architects new solution to prefabricated affordable housing from one of Australia’s most celebrated modern architects. A Shelter Original Film.

The portrait of a house without supporting walls. A bold dome made of concrete, an open space – right in the middle of the bizarre rock formations of a rugged Italian coast made of reddish granite.
Designed by Dante Bini, the house belonged to actress Monica Vitti and director Michelangelo Antoni...

Living the Change explores solutions to the global crises we face today through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and in their communities in order to live in a sustainable and regenerative way.

Most people think of nature parks as eco-systems uninhabited by humans--spaces reserved for wildlife, fossils, and plants. “Inhabited” shows us that people live there too. Through an in-depth exploration of all ten of Canada’s UNESCO World Natural Heritage sites, a filmmaking family introduces us...

An intimate portrait of an Australian family transitioning away from industrial society toward a radically simple way of life.

It's 15 years since this family have eaten from a supermarket or owned a car. In this Documentary Minamalism, meets DIY and off-grid living with inspirational outcomes.

10 Years on architect Rob Brown creates a new iteration of the famous Permanent Camping building. Built with the original master maker and joiner Jeffery Broadfield once again. The building uses no fixings or glue in any of the framing and documents the relationship between, architect, builder an...

Microtopia explores how architects, artists and ordinary problem-solvers are pushing the limits to find answers to their dreams of portability, flexibility and of creating independence from the grid. Microtopia deals with contemporary urgent ideas that are addressed, and solved, in very surprisin...

Life Off Grid is a two-year journey exploring the lives of Canadians in every province and territory who have made the choice to disconnect. Life Off Grid is a film about people who have chosen to build their lives around renewable energy, with beautiful, inspiring, and often challenging results.