Planet Cheltenham's youth climate group (supported by Cheltenham Borough Council) have secured a license to enable Cheltenham residents to watch the film 2040 which showcases solutions for our future. Screening the film the same week as COP27 the group hope to start local discussion on creating a positive vision for Cheltenham.

Tue, 15 November 2022

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Tickets are free but need to be booked on Eventbrite to help manage numbers. Under 16's must be accompanied by a guardian.
Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start, and the 90 minute film will be followed by an opportunity for informal discussion for anyone who wishes to stay.

Film bio: Motivated by his 4-year-old daughter and concern for the planet she will inherit, Damon Gameau, Australian award-winning director (That Sugar Film, 2015) and actor, embarks on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers to discover what the future of the planet could look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us, and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.

Guided by the voices of 100 child interviewees aged between 6 and 11 who describe the kind of world they would like to see by the year 2040, Damon draws on the best minds from around the world to focus on climate, economics, technology, civil society, education, agriculture and sustainability to conjure a positive portrait of what ‘could be’ instead of the current dystopian future we are so often presented.

Aimed at a broad audience including children and their families, Gameau blends traditional documentary with dramatised sequences and high-end visual effects to show how these solutions - including seaweed farming, empowering girls and women with education, automated vehicles and decentralised, renewable energy systems - could regenerate the world for future generations.

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