It is the year 2034: the effects of the climate catastrophe are drastic. Droughts and floods have already destroyed the livelihoods of millions of people, and after the third storm surge in a row, The Hague International Court of Justice has had to relocate provisionally to Berlin, where the climate crisis is to become the subject of a sensational court case.
Two lawyers (Nina Kunzendorf und Friederike Becht) are set to bring a claim for damages against the Federal Republic of Germany, representing 31 countries of the global South. The case deals with questions about the economic and ecological responsibilities of developed nations, as well as whether we have the right to an unspoilt natural world. Put plainly: it is about how and whether the global community should be held accountable to reliably guarantee the livelihood of certain citizens.
High-ranking political and industry representatives are summoned as witnesses. The court must decide whether the German government can be held responsible for its climate protection failure, which would set an explosive precedent.
What ECOCIDE is essentially aiming for is a diagnosis of the present, viewed through the flame gilt magnifying glass of the future. The film’s director, Andres Veiel, and his co-author Jutta Doberstein decipher how political decisions based on lobbyism in our present and recent past are robbing the world of its future opportunities.
Multi-award winning film director
Andres Veiel will talk about his motivation and the making of ECOCIDE after the screening.
ECOCIDE will be shown online as part of the
2022 Transitions Film Festival from February 18th to March 13th 2022 - buy your online passes now!
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