THURSDAY, February 2, sees the first screening of the new film about the Transition movement which began in Totnes and has now spread around the world.

The preview takes place at the Barn Cinema, Dartington, at 8pm, and will be followed by a question-and-answer session with Transition Network's Rob Hopkins and producer Emma Goude.

The film is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

In spite of telling stories from around the world, no-one set foot on an aeroplane in order to make the film, local camera-people were enlisted to film each sequence — making this one of the lowest-carbon international films ever produced.

It tells of communities printing their own currencies, growing food everywhere, localising their economies and setting up community power stations.

It documents a social experiment that is about responding to uncertain times with solutions and optimism.

In a world that is awash with gloom, here is a story of hope, ingenuity and the power of growing vegetables in unexpected places.

Totnes features in the film through its Ashden Award-winning Transition Streets initiative.

It has been created by the Totnes-based team of producer Emma Goude, with animation by Emilio Mula, photography by Beccy Strong and with original music by Rebecca Mayes.

They have drawn together stories from around the world showing Transition initiatives at the various stages of transitioning their communities.

In order to be able to feature some of the stories from overseas, they ran a crowd-funding process which raised the money required.

An international team of volunteers have translated the film in 18 languages.

At the same time as the film is showing in Totnes, the 16 other communities who appear in the film will also be showing it.

It is being watched in a fire station in Moss Side in Manchester, a community centre in Lyttelton in New Zealand that was one of only a few buildings there to survive the earthquake, a Hindu temple in Tooting in London, a cinema paradiso in a village in rural India, and in a village hall in Japan.

It is due to be formally premiered at an event in London in March.

Rob Hopkins said: "This film shows how this movement has grown and matured in such a short period of time.

"It is packed with amazing stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times.

"It also gives people a great taste of how an idea that started in Totnes has gone on to be a world-changing phenomenon around the world."

Tickets for the screening at the Barn can booked on 01803 847070 or by logging on to www.dartington.org