Directed by Andreas Veiel
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The year 2034: The consequences of the climate catastrophe are dramatic. Drought and floods destroy the livelihoods of millions of people. After the third storm surge in a row, the seat of the International Court of Justice in The Hague has been evacuated. In a temporary interim building in Berlin, the climate catastrophe becomes the subject of legal proceedings. Two lawyers represent 31 countries of the global South that are doomed without the support of the world community. High-ranking representatives from politics and industry are invited as witnesses. The court must decide whether German politics will be held accountable for its failure in climate protection, thus setting a precedent for climate justice.
With his judicial drama
ÖKOZID,
Andreas Veiel takes a close look at European climate protection policy over the past two decades.
© zero one film, Arno Declair
Andres Veiel was born on October 16, 1959 in Stuttgart, Germany. He is a writer and director. His films include:
Winternachtstraum (
A Winternight's Dream, documentary, 1992),
Balagan (documentary, 1993) winner of the IFFS Main Prize and the German Film Award in Silver,
Die Überlebenden (
The Survivors, documentary, 1996) winner of the Main Prize at the International Documentary Film Festival Munich and the Adolf Grimme Award in 1998, the highly-acclaimed
Black Box BRD (
Black Box Germany, 2001) for which he received the German Film Award for Best Documentary in 2002 and the European Film Award,
Die Spielwütigen (
Addicted to Acting, 2004),
Der Kick ("The Kick", 2006) which won the Grand Prix Cinema du Reel, the feature
Wer wenn nicht wir (
If Not Us, Who, 2011) which screened in Competition in Berlin, and his latest documentary
Beuys (2017).
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