Garbage Warrior - An Oliver Hodge Film

News

• Garbage Warrior to be screened at Glastonbury on 28 June 2009
• Garbage Warrior to be screened at Melbourn International Design Festival, 16 - 26 July 2009
• Winner of The Audience Award at Biografilm Festival, Bologna, Italy - June 2009
• Released on DVD in Australia and New Zealand - January 2009
• Released on DVD in UK - October 2008
• Released on DVD in USA - August 2008
• Released on DVD in Canada - April 2008
• UK TV premiere on More4 - October 2008
• Nominated for 'Best Newcomer' Grierson 2008
• Special mention at Internation Documentary Awards USA 2009
• Garbage warrior released in Canadian cinemas on the 15th February 2008.
• Winner of The Audience Award at Vancouver International Film Festival 2007
• 3 BIFA Nominations for feature documentary 35mm film Garbage Warrior 2007
• Nominated for the Kyoto Planet Climate For Change Award 2007
• BIFA Nominated Best Director The Douglas Hickox Award 2007
• USA TV premiere on Sundance Channel - 1st April 2008
• Garbage Warrior launches Sundance Channel The Green series for 2008 season of films.
• Garbage warrior released in UK cinemas on 23rd May 2008.

Press Quotes

"Like Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'- this film demands to be seen by as many humans as possible. Time is of the essence." - SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

"Inspiring - its charms are hard to resist" - Total Film

"Oliver Hodge depicts his subject as a true humanitarian - a real alternative to modern living" - Empire ****

"Inspiring"- The Times UK

"Funny, multi-layered doc"- Metro London

"Captivating" Eye For Film

"Interesting, timely, engaging" - Time Out London

"Another fascinating, stirring eco-documentary" - Channel 4 Film UK

"Garbage Warrior succeeds as more than just a movie" - TIME OUT NEW YORK

"Charismatic - with a warm sense of humor" - New York Times

"Compelling, confident and clever" Eye For Film

"Part Frank Lloyd Wright, part Uncle Bulgaria - good-spirited portrait of a single-minded visionary" Daily Telegraph

"Mesmerising. Hodge takes us all on a wild ride a wild ride"- Evening Standard

"Remarkable vision - engaging film" Financial Times

"Oliver Hodge's film is properly affectionate as well as being instructive, and even reaches towards the heroic" The Independent UK

"Part-Womble, part-eco visionary, the man is a one-off, and wholly cherishable"The Independent UK

"A jewel of a documentary - Garbage Warrior is a brilliantly constructed film" Vue weekly

"A fascinating documentary about an equally fascinating man, Garbage Warrior is by turns funny, heart-breaking and genuinely inspirational." - Aukland Movie Review ****

"A must-see for any innovator out there - the documentary that shows you that there is some hope." Obviously CA

"Remarkably assured and accomplished. With ample wit, humour and insight" Reviews on Cinema Clock

"Hodge builds a nerve-wrenching sense of suspense with enough unexpected twists and turns to be worthy of a Hollywood thriller - you will never be able to look at your home, society or the world in quite the same way again. Not to be missed" Reviews on Cinema Clock