👤 Directed by: Gert-Peter Bruch and Princess Esmeralda of Belgium
📍Location: Gallery Stage
🗓️ Date: 24/04/2025
⏱️ Time: 7pm
Scheduled for release in spring 2025, Amazonia, The Heart of Mother Earth is an ambitious documentary film that will bring to life the vibrant, and more timely than ever, story of the struggle for recognition and protection of the indigenous territories of the Brazilian Amazon. Thanks to the precious and moving testimonies of emblematic indigenous representatives, including that of the great chief Raoni Metuktire, and to sumptuous images shot in Amazonia and other threatened ecosystems, you too will be invited to become Guardians of Mother Earth and actors in a necessary human and ecological revolution, on which the survival of the living world as a whole depends !
👤 Directed by: Jaime Bartolomé and Alvaro Rón
📍 Location: Gallery Stage
🗓️ Date: 25/04/2025
⏱️ Time: 2:30pm
Hope, action, and solutions: Hope! explores the existing alternatives to halt the global ecological crisis, guided by Javier Peña, science communicator and founder of the Hope! channel. With millions of followers, Javier leads us through this six-episode transformative journey, uncovering solutions that not only restore life on Earth but also enhance people's quality of life.
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Inspired by Project Drawdown, the global plan designed by scientist Paul Hawken, the series presents a set of measurable and scalable strategies to reduce carbon emissions and regenerate the planet. These solutions, already implemented with tangible impact, form the core of Javier’s journey. Throughout the six episodes, he uses an emissions simulator to quantify the impact of each strategy and outline the steps necessary to achieve our goals in time.
Guiding each episode are the voices of renowned experts and global activists such as Jane Goodall, Christiana Figueres, and Fernando Valladares. The first episode, The Great Opportunity, presents the climate crisis not only as a threat but also as a chance to regenerate the planet. The Power of Two Words highlights how imagination is essential in reinventing our cities and agriculture.
Metamorphosis focuses on regenerative economics and how innovative projects are reshaping our relationship with the world. The Invisible uncovers emissions and climate challenges we don’t see, offering practical solutions. The Great Transformation makes the transition to a 100% renewable future feel within reach. Finally, The Secret Ingredient emphasizes the importance of eliminating gender inequality and empowering Indigenous communities as essential aspects of the fight against climate change.
The central theme is active hope and regeneration—actions that reshape agriculture, reinvent energy, and restore degraded lands and oceans. The solutions to the crisis not only prevent disaster but also foster abundance, justice, and resilience. The human stories behind each solution form the heart of this journey, a tribute to humanity’s potential to restore Earth’s balance. The time is now.
SYNOPSIS EPISODE 2
Episode 2: "The Power of Two Words"
Change begins with a simple question: "What if?". This episode explores how imagination transforms agriculture, cities, and our relationship with the environment, showcasing inspiring stories of social regeneration and practical solutions that move us toward a promising future.
👤 Directed by: Jaime Bartolomé and Alvaro Rón
📍 Location: Balcony Stage
🗓️ Date: 25/04/2025
⏱️ Time: 6:15pm
The Last Glaciers is the most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the relationship between climate change, mountain environments and humans. Filmed over seven years in 13 countries, the documentary follows the global expeditions of award-winning filmmaker, Craig Leeson (“A Plastic Ocean” and “Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed”) and UN Mountain Ambassador, Malcolm Wood, as they are compelled to dig into the cause and effects of climate change in Antarctica, the Himalaya, Alps, and Andes.
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Through the lens of extreme sports, the film captures the fragility of the world, the impact humans have on our life support systems, personal challenges and tragedies experienced by the explorers during their journey into extreme environments.
Featuring breathtaking cinematography, the original score of global musicians Above & Beyond and presenting scientific work from NASA, the UN, Institut Polaire, GLACIOCLIM, Arctic Basecamp, INAIGEM and ICIMOD, the Last Glaciers breaks down the facts and science behind the climate crisis in a story that is at once heart-wrenching, eye-opening and thrilling.
👤 Directed by: Xavier de Lauzanne
📍Location: Gallery Stage
🗓️ Date: 26/04/2025
⏱️ Time: 1:15pm
Sorti en salle en octobre 2016, le film-documentaire de Xavier de Lauzanne a été un véritable succès et a réuni plus de 200 000 spectateurs dans les cinémas partout en France. Il a été élu Meilleur documentaire de la décennie 2010-2019 par Allociné.
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« J'ai voulu faire un film qui montre que l'engagement vient plus d'une pulsion émotionnelle que d'un discours. Les Pépites, c'est donc l'histoire d'un couple qui s'engage pour sauver des enfants. C'est aussi l'histoire des enfants pris en charge par ce couple. Ce n'est pas un reportage. Je raconte tout simplement une histoire en utilisant un langage sensoriel et chaque spectateur en tire sa propre réflexion » témoigne le réalisateur.
Aujourd'hui, ils ont 25 ans et finissent leurs études ou commencent à travailler. Tous, lorsqu'ils étaient enfants, devaient fouiller, pour survivre, dans la décharge « à ciel ouvert » de Phnom Penh, au Cambodge. C'est là que Christian et Marie-France des Pallières, un couple de jeunes retraités français, les rencontrent, il y a plus de vingt ans. Ils décident alors de se battre sans limite pour sortir ces enfants de cet enfer. A ce jour, ils ont permis à 12 000 enfants d'accéder à l'éducation pour se construire un avenir.
A PROPOS DE POUR UN SOURIRE D’ENFANT (PSE)
Créée par Christian et Marie-France des Pallières en 1993, l’association Pour un Sourire d’Enfant (PSE) est apolitique et non confessionnelle. Deux objectifs l'animent : sortir les enfants de la misère et les faire entrer dans le monde professionnel grâce à une qualification qui leur assure un avenir stable. Pour y parvenir, plus de 600 salariés cambodgiens, plusieurs milliers de parrains (donateurs réguliers) et plus de 300 bénévoles en France et dans d‘autres pays se mobilisent autour de six programmes majeurs : nourrir, soigner, protéger, éduquer/scolariser, former à un métier, venir en aide aux familles. L’association prend aujourd’hui en charge plus de 6 500 enfants par an. Considérée par les autorités cambodgiennes, l’association est également reconnue de bienfaisance et lauréate du Prix des Droits de l’Homme de la République Française. Racontée avec succès par Xavier de Lauzanne dans son film "Les Pépites", PSE a permis en 25 ans de sauver plus de 12 000 enfants cambodgiens de situations de vie dramatiques.