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2024

Future Council

Filmmaker Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) takes eight kids on the ultimate road trip across Europe to seek solutions to our greatest ecological challenges. Through heartfelt discussions about eco-anxiety, conversations with CEOs of multinational companies, and playful interactions with nature, both the kids and Damon learn from and inspire one another.

Director

Damon Gameau

Runtime

81 Minutes

Country

Netherlands, Australia

Classification

All Ages

The Future Council takes its vegetable-oil-powered school bus on the road, seeking solutions to our greatest ecological challenges.

Filmmaker Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) takes eight kids on the ultimate road trip across Europe to seek solutions to our greatest ecological challenges.

Travelling in their vegetable-oil-powered school bus, these young innovators hold candid, wise-beyond-their-years discussions with each other and the CEOs of major polluters. Along the way, they divulge their fears for the future whilst grounding each other in their still-childlike qualities. Bringing their school desks with them, the kids learn from Gameau, other activists and nature, but most of all from one another.

Gameau’s passion for the environment and social justice might have inspired this film, but the kids’ youthful spirit and insightful thinking drive it. Eight young minds from around the world (including Australian Ruby Rodgers, the granddaughter of rock legend Jimmy Barnes) are brought together in this optimistic portrait of the future they will continue to fight for.

Melbourne Film Festival

Film Credits

Director

Damon Gameau

Year

2024

Country

Netherlands & Australia

Language

English

Type

Documentary & Feature

Program Strand

AFF Youth & World Documentaries

Producer

Quintin BakerAnna Kaplan & Damon Gameau

Writer

Damon Gameau & Jimmi James Wright

Cinematographer

Judd Overton

Editor

Haukje Heuff & Julie-Anne de Ruvo

Cast

Damon GameauKarla Winding AlbjergClemence CurrieHiva Tavaki Tuki GrubeAurvi JainJoaquin MinanaSkye NevilleRuby Rodgers & Joseph Arjuna Chudasama Wijaya

Music

Sergio Escoda De GrootJesse KochNiels van der Wielen & Ruby Rodgers

Film Source

Madman Entertainment

Genre

ChildrenDocumentaryEducationalEnvironmental & Family

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Sunday 27 Oct 2024

02:00 pm

Future Council

Odeon Star Semaphore:

Odeon Star Semaphore Cinema 1

Wednesday 30 Oct 2024

12:00 pm

Future Council

Palace Nova Eastend:

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 4

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