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Youth Unstoppable: The Rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement at Green Film Festival
Slater Jewell-Kemker didn’t set out to spend her teenage years making a film meant to inspire others to act on climate change. Slater was just 15 years old when she started questioning her local politicians about their inability to pass laws to protect the environment. Soon she began to connect with other young activists doing their part to save the planet, and she took it upon herself to document their eco-efforts and growing movement on camera.
Traveling around the globe on the front lines of climate change, Slater captures the inspiring voices and fierce tenacity of those too young to vote, to have a say in the direction of the planet they will inherit, and you can feel the passion in every frame. Youth Unstoppable takes everyone on a journey that lets to connect with the activists of the next generation and instills hope to know that the future is in their capable hands.
The Youth Unstoppable screening will happen on Wednesday, September 12, starting at 8 PM, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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Born in LA to filmmaker parents, Slater Jewell-Kemker has grown up with a passion for film and the idea she could change the world by making her own media. At 15, Slater began documenting the rise of the global youth climate movement, which has taken her around the world to UN Climate Conferences and communities on the front lines of climate change. The UN, TIFF, Forbes.com’s “Millennials on a MISSION,” Mountainfilm and SilverDocs have recognized Slater for her activist filmmaking and led workshops at schools and film festivals highlighting the power of film and activism. Slater is currently a Resident of the Canadian Film Centre Director’s Lab.
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World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate in Cannes doc showcase
Representatives from World Bank Group’s global climate communications and partnership program Connect4Climate are in Cannes supporting the in-production documentary Great Green Wall.
Jared P. Scott directs and Fernando Meirelles serves as executive producer on the film, which is also receiving support from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
The documentary tells the epic story of one of the planet’s most ambitious endeavours at the edge of the Sahara Desert, aiming to spread awareness about and transform the lives of millions affected by the degraded landscapes. Great Green Wall features Inna Modja, a renowned Malian singer and activist.
[video:https://vimeo.com/268672668]
Connect4Climate’s Film4Climate initiative has presented films in Cannes on Saturday and Monday at the Doc Corner in support of the Global Youth Climate Movement. Slater Jewell-Kemker’s Youth Unstoppable tells the story of Jewell-Kemker’s involvement with the youth climate movement. Scythia Film’s Daniel Bekerman and Wendy Jewell produced, with support from Film4Climate. Adrian Grenier is executive producer.
“Recognising the impact that the film industry can have in particular on younger generations and the power of emotional stories and images, Film4Climate’s intention is to build a global network within the film industry to encourage climate action, environmental protection and social equity. We are pleased to continue supporting the powerful stories of young filmmakers and connecting them with renowned filmmakers to help maximise the medium’s ability to influence behaviour.”
Giulia Braga, Connect4Climate Program Manager
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Film4Climate at Cannes Film Festival highlights the role of visual storytelling to spur a low-carbon resilient world
What is going to happen to future generations if the world does not fully recognize the perils of climate change and does not begin to take significant action to limit global warming? That is the question raised by the productions showcased by Film4Climate in Cannes this week.
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Deauville Green Awards: Film as a potent agent to put a spotlight on sustainable development
Films have an undoubted power to put spectators right into different situations and environments, and actualities such as climate change can be perceived in a more realistic way waking up collective consciences to act on crucial challenges facing humanity. Deauville Green Awards acknowledged the power of film, and since 2012 has been an active player in showcasing and awarding the best-submitted films on sustainability.
“Films are the best way to capture the attention of various audiences, share information with them, and generate deep emotions. In a post-factual era where everyone is constantly confronted to hundreds of messages and signals, scientific messages or green content must benefit from the strength and impact potential of films and audio-visual communication.”
Jonathan Peynet, Coordinator, Deauville Green Awards
Deauville Green Awards has three core competitions - SPOT, the Grand Prix for the best public awareness campaign; INFO, the Grand Prix for the best corporate film; and DOCU, the Grand Prix for the best documentary film. Within each of the competitions, 14 thematic categories cover specific fields on sustainability, eco-innovations, and social responsibility.
Submit your ad, film, or documentary until April 27
Connect4Climate’s Program Manager Giulia Braga is a jury member for the SPOT - Short Awareness Messages competition. Connect4Climate has been committed to promoting more exposure to climate and sustainability issues in both the content and production of films under its Film4Climate banner.
Photo Credit: Deauville Green Awards
Each year, almost 500 films from 50 different countries are submitted to Deauville Green Awards. Companies, institutions, NGOs, and communities have then the chance to promote good practices in a hope to offer a more sustainable, fairer world to future generations. The impressive number of films submitted show the “growing importance of environmental issues in the public space worldwide and reveal the key role of image and film in the communication on sustainability," Jonathan Peynet states.
“More and more people worldwide, filmmakers or fellow citizens like you and me, are disappointed by the lack of action to protect our planet and realized they have the tools to spread the word,” Peynet.
This year’s Deauville Green Awards will take place on June 19-20 in Deauville, France. “We expect hundreds of inspiring films from all over the world, interesting debates around Water following up on the World Water Forum in Brasília, many free screenings for kids, and an exceptional figurehead, the world famous North and South Pole explorer Jean-Louis Etienne,” Peynet added.
The deadline to register your green ad, corporate film, or documentary ends this Friday, April 27.
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10th Cinema Planeta International Film and Environment Festival (2018)
Cinema Planeta International Film and Environment Festival celebrates this year its 10th edition from April 24 to 29, 2018. Responsible consumption is in the spotlight.
Each cycle is an opportunity to reflect. In the past ten years, Cinema Planeta AC has built a cultural and educational movement based on film, art, and science that provides the public the tools to be better informed and make conscious and reasoned decisions.
The focus on the environment, education, and work in the field of communications led Cinema Planeta being awarded Nezahualcoyotl Prize for Nature Conservation by the Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) in 2010, and Prize of Ecology and Environment on the part of the Miguel Alemán A.C. Foundation, in 2017.
Last year, Cinema Planeta produced its first documentary Nahui Ollin, Sol de Movimiento premiered at the Guadalajara Film Festival and presented at various festivals in Mexico and Europe. In 2018, Cinema Planeta will present the new production named El mar Incendiado by director Carlos Armella.
Our patterns of consumption and production generate waste on the one hand and a shortage of essential products on the other. That is why this year Cinema Planeta emphasizes Responsible Consumption - how we decide what goods and services to consume, taking into account price, quality, social, and labor characteristics of its production and, of course, the environmental consequences and impacts.
Connect4Climate Program Manager Giulia Braga was invited to be part of the Mexican Official Selection Jury.
The agenda
The Cinema Planet opening event was at the Chapultepec Ecological Park in Cuernavaca on Tuesday, April 24, at 8 pm.
Photo Credit: Cinema Planeta
On April 25 at 8:30 pm at the Old Railway Station of Cuernavaca, Cinema Planeta, in collaboration with the Film Library of the UNAM, will project a series of silent films set to music by Celso Duarte and the Corridistas Surianos.
On Thursday, April 26 at 11:30 pm, the Festival focuses on the Noche of Terror (Night of Terror) with the screening of the documentary Rats, from the United States, directed by Morgan Spurlock.
On April 27 at 8 pm, at the Teopanzolco Cultural Center, Cinema Planeta will have a special event with the presentation of the film Dusk Chorus from Italy and Belgium, directed by Nika Saravanja and Alessandro D'Emilia. This film will take you to the sounds of the Amazon.
The touching film Jane, directed by Brett Morgen with unpublished images of the life of Jane Goodall, will be screened at the awards ceremony on April 28 at 8 pm.
Within the selection of Mundos (Worlds), the international films section, Cinema Planet will present the retrospective of the acclaimed Austrian filmmaker Michael Glawogger to include his documentary trilogy about the world of work - Workingman’s Death, Megacities, and Whores’ Glory - as well as his latest film Untitled finished after his death in Africa after contracting malaria. The Ecos section invites the International Environmental Film Festival (FINCA) of Argentina. Tierra, section dedicated to Mexican films, will screen five feature films and 12 shorts. Palomitas, a children's film section, will present beautiful stories from Turkey, Iran, the United States and China. Cuenca, the section created to promote the production of environmental films from the Balsas River area, will feature four short films and three feature films.
The 10th edition of the Cinema Planet Festival takes place thanks to the support and participation of the Fideicomiso de Turismo de Morelos, Government of the State of Morelos, Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, Cineteca Naciona, Mexican Institute of Cinematography, Ministry of Culture of the State of Morelos, Universidad Autónoma of the State of Morelos, Municipal Government of Cuernavaca, Municipal Government of Cuautla, Green Film Network, the culture institutes of the embassies of France, Austria and Portugal in Mexico, Cinemex, and institutions, educational centers, companies and media.
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