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>
