The Climate, Curated
Films to consider for the CCFF
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- DirectorJennifer BaichwalEdward BurtynskyNicholas de PencierStarsYoussef Suleiman MohammedAlicia VikanderFilmmakers travel to six continents and 20 countries to document the impact humans have made on the planet.
- DirectorRobin PetréStarsJames BarnettSam BrittainDan JarvisA look at the relationships between humans and wild animals of the ocean.
- DirectorAnna AntsaloStarsRob ArnoldShigeo HayashiLonneke BeukenholdtBeachcombers are people who search for treasures on shorelines. Ocean currents carry all sorts of stuff to the beaches.
- DirectorEmily KunstlerSarah KunstlerStarsChief Egunwale AmusanJosephine Bolling McCallGwen CarrInterweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.
- DirectorJani SeverStarsSlavoj ZizekPrimoz BezjakAnja NovakA contemporary reading of the famous Greek tragedy enlightening EU social political end ethical issues.
- DirectorFranz BöhmThree young female activists in Hong Kong, Chile, and Uganda cope with the staggering personal impacts of their activism.
- DirectorVictor KossakovskyStarsGundaDocumentary looks at the daily life of a pig and its farm animal companions: two cows and a one-legged chicken.
- DirectorLiesbeth De CeulaerStarsSemyon GrigorievKyym SkrybykinRoman SkrybykinThe Siberian permafrost is melting. Ancient bones rise up from the ground and wild animals seem to have disappeared. Three Yakutians venture into the vast wilderness on different quests. Villager Roman and city boy Kyym hunt for a rare reindeer while not so far away, scientist Semyon scourges the permafrost for a viable cell of the mammoth, which he needs to clone the extinct animal. In the midst of an ongoing mass-extinction of fauna and flora, of a Siberian Ivory Rush, and at the dawn of de-extinction, a contemporary myth unfolds. While Roman, Kyym and Semyon close in on their goals, both the frozen earth that they walk on and reality itself melt into another state. HOLGUT boldly combines elements of fiction and documentary and manoeuvrers effortlessly from captivating reality to visual poetry. Down the mammoth-hole, science fiction seems to become reality and reality seems to become myth.
- DirectorTuija HalttunenStarsTuija HalttunenHannele KorhonenJarmo KoistinenHow to Kill a Cloud is a documentary of a Finnish female scientist trying to create rain in the United Arab Emirates desert. Can ambition be measured in rain?
- DirectorPavel BoreckýLiving Water is an atmospheric journey into the clash between the state of Jordan, agricultural businesses and Wadi Rum indigenous communities over the last abundant source of drinking water.
- DirectorPernille Rose GrønkjærThroughout the ages, each time a new technology has appeared, it has transformed our lives and society--today more than ever. Lead by digitalization, followed by new living and intelligent technologies, our world is being transformed in a way that's difficult for us to comprehend. A group of the world's leading scientists isolates themselves for 10 days at the renowned Santa Fe Institute, hidden away in the desert of New Mexico. They come from all corners of science representing environment, economy, democracy, social media, education, status of institutions, and artificial technology. Together, they want to start a revolutionary movement with an ambitious goal: To secure the future of humanity through science by finding the path to a new paradigm.
- DirectorSalomé JashiDocumentary follows trees that are transported, at great expense and inconvenience, from the coast of the Republic of Georgia to the private garden of that country's former prime minister.
- DirectorOusmane SamassekouStarsEstherAt the southern edge of the Sahara desert stands The House of Migrants: a safe haven for those on their way to Europe, or those returning home. Here they come to terms with their individual migration stories. How do you feel, what do you need, when your dreams have been buried in the sand, or when they are waiting to be lived?
- DirectorMichael BeetsTHOSE LEFT WAITING is a collaborative documentary that allows refugees in camps spread throughout distant corners of the world - from Africa and the Middle East to Asia and Europe - to take control of how their stories are told. Featuring footage of both the hardships and happiness in their daily lives, shot and streamed in real time, this one-of-a-kind project is as insightfully exploratory as it is expansive.
- DirectorTadhg O'SullivanA cinematic ode to the moon, made in large part from archival sources combined with literary fragments and bound together by a haunting original score. The film steps lightly through the ideas that people through the ages have drawn from the moon - dreams of escape, myths of heaven, songs of longing and loss, odes of yearning - taking the viewer on a constantly surprising night-walk through the night sky.
- DirectorNatalia AlmadaDocumentary explores how humanity expresses itself with technology and the intended and unintended consequences of our tech-dominated world.
- DirectorRenzo MartensStarsBrooke Davis AndersonSasha DeesCan the working class such as those on plantations in the Congo benefit from Art, instead of being victimized by it through gentrification?
- DirectorMarc BauderStarsSylvia EarleAlexander GerstJanina LohA cinematic essay - inspired by the book "who we were" by Roger Willemsen With Alexander Gerst (astronaut), Sylvia Earle (deep sea researcher), Mathieu Ricard (buddhist monk), Dennis Snower (economist), Felwine Sarr (philosopher) und Janina Loh (critical post- humanist). We may think that we're simply not capable of understanding the increasingly complex problems of our planet, but for these charismatic scientists, that's not enough. Whether it's on the top of the world, in the depths of the ocean, inside the human brain, at the G-20 summit, or in the heart of the International Space Station ISS, they are searching for practical ways to save our world. Considering their drive, we have to ask ourselves if, we as citizens of the planet, are finally ready to take on responsibility - if only for the sake of those who will come after us and ask: "WHO WE WERE"?
- DirectorLuiz BolognesiStarsDavi KopenawaDaucirene YanomamiEhuana Yaira YanomamiIn powerful images, alternating between documentary observation and staged sequences, and dense soundscapes, Luiz Bolognesi documents the Indigenous community of the Yanomami and depicts their threatened natural environment in the Amazon rain forest.
- DirectorPhie AmboStarsIda AukenDan JørgensenDenmark's goal to reduce CO2 emissions 70% by 2030 is among world's most ambitious climate laws. Thousands of young Danes protest demanding action. Recent elections prove green climate policy gets votes, prioritizing climate in politics.
- DirectorAïssa MaïgaStarsHoulaye YidimamaSouri MalamBarka Dari12-years-old Houlaye lives in Niger, and travels several kilometers each day to fetch water. The village got together to construct a well. This is the promise of a new life for people who have literally been walking on water since birth.
- DirectorRahul JainExplores the dramatic consequences of India's growing economy, capturing not only a city in crisis but magnifying our collective climate realities.