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.
Future Council
Director
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.
Film Credits
Director
Damon Gameau
Year
2024
Country
Netherlands & Australia
Language
English
Type
Documentary & Feature
Program Strand
AFF Youth & World Documentaries
Producer
Quintin Baker, Anna Kaplan & Damon Gameau
Writer
Damon Gameau & Jimmi James Wright
Cinematographer
Judd Overton
Editor
Haukje Heuff & Julie-Anne de Ruvo
Cast
Damon Gameau, Karla Winding Albjerg, Clemence Currie, Hiva Tavaki Tuki Grube, Aurvi Jain, Joaquin Minana, Skye Neville, Ruby Rodgers & Joseph Arjuna Chudasama Wijaya
Music
Sergio Escoda De Groot, Jesse Koch, Niels van der Wielen & Ruby Rodgers
Film Source
Madman Entertainment
Genre
Children, Documentary, Educational, Environmental & Family
Purchase Tickets
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
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Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 4
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