Can you go to the movies, and leave more knowledgeable about the world’s climate? What is the environmental impact of producing a film, and what could be done to offset it? How are young filmmakers around the world taking on climate change?
Once again, Connect4Climate travels to the Cannes Film Festival. This year, we're building and expanding Film4Climate, a global initiative committed to developing a concrete plan to mitigate the environmental impact of film production as well as raising awareness and encouraging action on climate change through the storytelling powers of cinema.
Connect4Climate partnered with AfriDocs to present a week of climate change films to coincide with the United Nations Framework on Climate Change COP meeting in Lima, Peru. During this week some of the worlds best climate films will be screened across sub-Saharan Africa on DStv channel ED (channel 190) and GOtv (channel 65).
The Action4Climate competition received more than 230 films from youth representing 70 countries around the world. Their stories show a new world of climate impacts, solutions and actions to address one of our generation’s greatest challenges.
By Donald Ranvaud, Creative Producer, Connect4Climate
As a veteran film producer, I know that cinema plays a fundamental role in raising awareness on social issues and delivering effective calls for action. And in recent years, I have seen movies give more attention to one of the pre-eminent challenges of our times: global warming and the looming dangers of climate change.
Of the 230 films submitted to the Action4Climate documentary competition, six have been selected to be shown at the 50th Anniversary of the Chicago International Film Festival on October 15th. Producer Donald Ranvaud will deliver opening remarks, and Action4Climate filmmakers Nathan Dappen and Patrick Riggs will talk about their documentaries after the screening.
DATE: Wednesday, October 15th , 2014
TIME: 6:15 PM CDT
PLACE: AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois Street, Chicago.
