Lamo Auru: Old Forest, New Lines (2024) at Bridport Arts Centre

Bridport Arts Centre

Special Screening with Guest Speakers Ross McDonald from CineWanderer Productions Ltd and Waldo Etherington from MD Remote Ropes. 

This is a story of exploration and discovery; where going somewhere with one goal is interrupted by curiosity and the spirit of adventure. Plans and ambitions are uprooted as a bigger picture comes into view.

On Papua New Guinea’s remote island province of New Britain, British climbers Waldo Etherington, Leo Houlding and Tom Winterton travel into the mysterious depths of the Lamo Auru Caldera – an extinct volcano containing a dense, untouched rainforest and a wealth of spectacular biodiversity.

Entering the rainforest with guides from the indigenous Naccanai communities, Waldo and the team are on a mission to find and climb enormous “giant strangler” fig trees native to the region. Their mission is a simple one: Ground up, first accents of these inspiring living structures, in a
completely unexplored area o f the world.

The film serves as a powerful testament to the importance of protecting old-growth forests and tribute to the people and culture taking on this fight. It’s an exciting action-packed and powerful rallying cry for the preservation of forests worldwide.

UK 2026. Director Ross Vernon McDonald. With Waldo Etherington, Leo Houlding, Tom Winterton. 52 mins, CERT TBC

Thursday 04 June at 7pm

Ticket Prices: £6.00-£8.00

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901 or www.bridport-arts.com