Unwilling to take the easy route of simply blaming large multinationals for climate change, film-maker John Webster managed to convince his reluctant wife and two equally reluctant small children that the whole family should go on an “oil diet”.

It’s quite simple really: for one year the family will carry on with their suburban lives, but without using any fossil fuels, driving cars or flying in airplanes and cutting all oil-based products out of their lives completely.

Which means they can’t buy anything packaged in plastic, obviously. So, no food in plastic, no make-up, shampoo, toothpaste, clothing.

And no toys… let battle commence.

A wonderful, at times painfully funny demonstration that at the core of the impending climate catastrophe are those little failures that we as individuals make every day, and which are so much a part of human nature.

To read a review of the film, click here.

Director: John Webster
Country: Finland
Length: 75 minutes