While much of the United States was experiencing some of the coldest weather ever known in early January, fifteen international film directors got together in the balmy desert air of Palm Springs, California for frank and illuminating discussions on one of the most significant subjects of our tim
Connect4Climate is exceptionally excited to announce our partnership with Artists Project Earth (APE)!
Stephon Gabriel won the Voices4Climate Music Video category with A Changing World. And it is the changing world we are living in that lead this 21-years old entrepreneur to try to inspire others to rise up against climate change.
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On her last day as European Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedergaard delivered a climate movement-making speech at the Sustainia Awards Ceremony emphasizing, “A stands for
We are thrilled to start getting great images of our winners recieving and unpacking their awards from all over Africa. So far, the winners from Malawi and Egypt have sent us their unpacking images.
It's a unique feeling when you have the sense that you are witnessing an historic moment.
A violin player plays for his audience. He closes his eyes and imagines himself escaping with his instrument. Around him, trees, monuments, and animals are slowly melting because to global warming. But he keeps playing.
<p>The Action4Climate jury, which awarded the competition’s prizes, was led by filmmaker and screenwriter Bernardo Bertolucci. The jury also included <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV1MY5lid8A&feature=share&list=P…; target="_blank">Fernando Meirelles</a>, Walter Salles, and other recognizable names from the film industry as well as well-known specialists on climate change, such as <a href="http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/resilience-right-here-right-no…; target="_blank">Rachel Kyte</a>, vice president of The World Bank.</p>
<p>The animated short was also projected on one of the famous screens in <a href="http://connect4climate.org/initiative/action4climate-times-square" target="_blank">New York City’s Times Square</a>, a location visited by more than 300,000 people every day.</p>
<p>Recently, Francina and Benjamín traveled to Buenos Aires to attend the <a href="http://www.ventanasur.com.ar/en/" target="_blank">Ventana Sur 2014 Festival</a>, one of the most important cinema markets in the region, where the film was showcased for hundreds of professionals from the cinema industry. There, the Argentinian film director <a href="http://vimeo.com/89320852" target="_blank">Pablo Trapero</a> – also member of the Action4climate jury – offered his compliments. “Trapero told us that he has loved our animation and that he saw it with his 12 years old son,” says Francina proudly.</p>
A global competition for the best environmental documentary on climate change: That is Action4Climate. A contest launched by Connect4Climate.
Connect4Climate has partnered with MTV Voices to celebrate youth climate action documentaries, exhibiting a 30 second compilation of Action4Climate competition submissions on two massive Broadway displays on Times Square.
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