IMPACT Short Film Programme + Panel

As part of IMPACT Day for LBFF 2024, we are in the historic Warner Bros. screening room at All Is Joy in Soho, with a programme of short films (some in competition) and a panel discussion that offer a dynamic mix of drama, comedy, documentary, animation offering the power of storytelling to shift people’s perceptions of climate change. You can buy this programme individually or join us for the day at All Is Joy Studios and see all three shorts programmes including Brave Heart’s and Around the Globe.

What Day: 26/10/2024

What Time: 3:30 pm

Where: All Is Joy, 75 Dean St, London W1D 3PU

Screening + Panel

Included in this shorts programme is the UK premiere of The Generators by awardwinning writer, director and BAFTA CONNECT member, Georgie Cowan-Turner with Rory Fleck-Byrne. Other shorts include More Flames produced by Climate-Spring that comically addresses the need for more sustainable filmmaking practices; and The Great Green Hope, is by awardwinning explorer, writer and filmmaker, Reza Pakravan. Two of the shorts from submissions from WaterBear, including Extract. Destroy. Repeat. a funny and clever animation about an unlikely hero standing up for the underwater eco system against corporate demands for profit. LBFF sponsor WaterBear is an online streaming platform that offers positive solutions in a changing and challenging world.

A short panel to discuss the film and some of the issues and concerns they raise will be hosted Neville Shulman CBE – explorer, writer and proud supporter of one of the Scientific Exploration Society’s Explorer Award grants – the Neville Shulman Explorer Award for Expedition Filmmaking. Guest on the panel are Georgie Cowan-Turner (Dir. The Generators), Sam Sutaria – CEO of WaterBear, Josh Cockcroft – Director Climate-Spring, Jack Cooper-Stimpson (Dir. More Flames) and Reza Pakravan (Dir. The Great Green Hope).

This special event is in partnership with the Scientific Exploration Society, WaterBear, Climate-Spring and All Is Joy.

IMPACT (88m)

Rebels With Cause Dir. Rosie Baldwin. UK 2024. 14 min. Language: English

The Generators Dir. Georgie Cowan-Turner. UK 2024. 13 min. Language: English

Surfing Through the Odds: The SOMA Surf Story Dir. Ana-Filipa Domingues. Portugal 2023. 19 min. Language: Portuguese with English subtitles

Extract. Destroy. Repeat. Dir. Sam O’Leary. Netherlands 2022. 10 min. Language: English

The Last Garden Dir. Eloise Jenninger. UK 2024. 8 min. Language: English

The Hearts of Bwindi Dir. Charli Doherty. UK 2023. 8 min. Language: English

More Flames Dir. Jack Cooper-Stimpson. UK 2024 min. Language: English

The Great Green Hope Dir. Reza Pakravan. UK 2019. 13 min. Language: English

IMPACT Short Film Programme + Panel

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