L’ESPÈCE EXPLOSIVE (Too Many Beasts)
IN BRIEF
PLAN C FOR CIVILIZATION
Time has run out. Physicist David Keith has spent the past 30 years fighting for research into a disruptive, planetary-cooling technology called solar geoengineering. He knows for certain it will work, it’s fast, and in the words of Al Gore it is “utterly mad”. Defiant in the face of personal attacks and death threats, his […]
THE SYSTEM
The System is a compelling documentary about those who refuse to accept the status quo. As climate crises, economic inequality, and political instability are felt worldwide, we follow three passionate idealists who are each trying to make a difference in their own way: Henk Ovink, international water diplomat in New York; Pippi van Ommen, co-founder […]
ON THE SEA
Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works as Hand Raker on the mussel beds in North Wales with his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan’s three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business on leaving school but Tom’s resistance to follow in […]
MATERIA PRIMA
The world’s largest lithium deposit is located in the Bolivian Andes. The Europeans want the raw material to save their automotive industry, the Bolivians want to use it to overcome poverty, and companies from all over the world are exploring their options. Lithium has triggered a new gold rush, for it is essential for the […]
LA FJELLA LEVE (Let Our Mountains Live)
Sámi reindeer herders Sissel Stormo Holtan, Elise Årbogen and Terje Haugen have spent two decades battling Europe’s largest wind power project, which sprawls across their vital grazing lands in the mountains of Fosen in Norway. Even before the case can fully proceed through the legal system, the Norwegian state grants preliminary access to the wind […]
KIKUYU LAND
As a Nairobi journalist probes a land battle entangling the local government and a powerful multinational corporation, covered wounds are revealed and family secrets are exposed. Journalist and co-director Bea Wangondu knows that for the Kikuyu people, land is identity. But a history of colonialism in Kenya stripped communities of their land, leaving many to […]
IRON WINTER
In Mongolia’s coldest valley, horses mean life. But in the Iron Winter, nothing can survive alone. For countless generations, the herders of the Tsakhir Valley have protected their horses from ferocious arctic storms by amassing a giant winter herd, nominating their bravest young men to protect it. The daring tradition served as a brutal coming […]
DEREK VS DEREK
On a country road in Devon, England, live two implacably opposed neighbouring farmers, both called Derek. One believes in intensive farming, the other is giving his entire farm over to nature. As tempers fray, wild animals escape, and the land is transformed, the film charts the two Derek’s often funny turbulent relationship.
BLACK WATER
Bangladesh in 2050 will have approximately 220 million inhabitants and a large part of its territory will be permanently submerged. This situation could determine the forced displacement of between 20 and 30 million people. On a planetary scale, we are talking about the largest mass migration in human history. How long will Dhaka withstand the […]