Director: Filip Antoni Malinowski Producers: Jürgen Karasek, Filip Antoni Malinowski, Inka Dewitz, Michael Bogar
Description:
The Paris Agreement is a milestone in human history and is going to change our life for the next decades. For the first time, 195 nations committed to take action against climate change. The film gives insight behind closed doors of the negotiations and reveals the clash of forces, which shape our future: national self-interest against destruction of whole countries, rich versus poor, victims against profiteers. A reflection on the global community told by high-ranking figures and insiders of the process. Can this agreement save our planet?
Biography: Filip Antoni Malinowski works as a director and producer between Vienna and Berlin. His feature documentary debut film Resettlement was screened at over thirty festivals and awarded six times. Jürgen Karasek has a master’s degree in theatre, film and media science and is currently finishing his studies of psychology at the University of Vienna. His directorial feature debut Waiting for the Moon (2007) which he also produced was presented at many international festivals. His latest short Novemberlights (2012) was shown at thirty festivals and won five awards. As a producer Jürgen is co-founder and co-owner of Soleil Film GmbH in Vienna. Since the start of the company he has produced and co-developed several documentaries and short films. Inka Dewitz is one of the founders of Perfect Shot Films. She graduated from Humboldt University Berlin and Filmhaus Cologne/HFF Babelsberg. From 2003 to 2010 she worked as a freelance radio and television producer for BBC World Service and produced her own short films.