The other ‘can’ film festival

As the “A-list” of the movie world converge on a small coastal city in France, to over indulge in another annual celebration of movie achievements at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, not to be out-done, Britain is preparing for the very nearly as glamorous Can Festival.

This begins on May 8th, at Leicester Square’s renowned Prince Charles Cinema, which will be playing host to the world’s first, and only, Can Film Festival, which will then migrate north to Manchester on the 22nd May after opening on the 15th of May in Glasgow.

This unusual festival is aimed at encouraging the public to consider recycling drinks cans.

The events will revolve around a special screening of The 11th Hour, produced by movie star, Leonardo DiCaprio, which looks at the impact of the growing population is having on the planet’s ecosystems and what needs to be done to ensure a future for the world.

There will be no charge to see the movie, but tickets will be issued strictly on a first come, first served, basis.

Patrons are encouraged to bring a bag of used drinks cans to ‘pay’ for their seat.

The BBC’s premier radio station Radio One and James King, the London Tonight movie critic who is also the spokesperson for the event, will host the first screening and will give a short speech before the movie regarding the importance of recycling drinks cans.

James said that he wanted to participate in the event to point out the importance of recycling in peoples everyday lives, and that it is also an important part of preserving the planet for our children.

The Can Film Festival is hoping to gather people together to encourage the public to recycle more of what they use.

The festival will emphasize that recycling ‘can’ be simple. Drinks cans are 100% recyclable, and they are also infinitely recyclable which means that they can be re-manufactured indefinably without using more of the worlds resources.

On average it takes less than two months for a can to make it back to your local shop, as a new drinks container.

The UK public buy in excess of a staggering, eight billion canned drinks per annum, if every one of those were recycled, it would save enough energy to provide lighting to every home in the UK for a whole year.

Presently around 33% of drinks cans make it to the recycling plants.

For details of the events and the project visit www.cancouture.com

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