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Climate Crisis Film Festival
our 2021 edition

presented by

The CCFF 2021 took place online internationally and in-person at the COP26 Green Zone in Glasgow.

To combat the most exclusionary COP so far, the CCFF provided a diversity of voices from around the world, focusing on non-western and BIPOC perspectives, narratives, filmmakers and speakers.

We’re proud to announce that our audience was just as diverse! Spanning 2000 cities and 143 countries.

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Dr. Jane Goodall DBE photo © Stuart Clarke

watch the festival
opening address

You can still watch our Opening Address — three legendary environmentalists, Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, Bill McKiben and Lily Cole delivered powerful statements specially for the Climate Crisis Film Festival 2021.

Lily Cole

Dr. Jane Goodall DBE

Bill McKibben

We would like to say a special thank you to our Presenting Sponsor Doconomy, award Sponsor Ocean Bottle, and Major Sponsors Deloitte, We Don't Have Time and Finisterre, who all made this event possible!

re-watch our award ceremony, which
closed the public program of the COP26

speaking events

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Spotlight: My Journey Into Activism

Goes Live:
Today at 6pm UK time

Ignite Session: Why Intersectionality Matters

Goes Live:
Live now!

Ignite Session: Earth Economy

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In Conversation: Climate Migration

Goes Live:
Live Now!

Ignite Session: A Just & Green City

Goes Live:
Saturday Nov 6

Spotlight: Women's Rally

Goes Live:
Live now!

Ignite Session: Business for Good

Goes Live:
Live now!

Spotlight: Communities Unite Against Extraction

Goes Live:
Live now!

Pass the Mic: Voices of the Land

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premieres

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Possible World is a painted animation inspired by interviews conducted with over 100 everyday individuals across Ethiopia. In a series of beautiful and dynamic scenes, Wube brings to life his subjects’ dreams for a regenerative world, starting with existing practices that benefit both communities and the environment. Wube presents this collective vision to audiences around the world as a model for our shared future.

Possible World

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3 mins
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Ethiopia

In a series of animations created by IIED and partners, the experiences of climate activists from Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the Solomon Islands are brought to life. Each animation gives us insights into what motivated them to tell their story on loss and damage, and share their hopes that they will drive action.

Untold stories of climate change: Sierra Leone

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2 mins
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In a series of animations created by IIED and partners, the experiences of climate activists from Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the Solomon Islands are brought to life. Each animation gives us insights into what motivated them to tell their story on loss and damage, and share their hopes that they will drive action.

Untold stories of climate change: Rwanda

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2 mins
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In a series of animations created by IIED and partners, the experiences of climate activists from Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the Solomon Islands are brought to life. Each animation gives us insights into what motivated them to tell their story on loss and damage, and share their hopes that they will drive action.

Untold stories of climate change: Solomon Islands

Short
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2 min
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UK

“Footsteps in the Wind” is an animated short film to Sting’s song “Inshallah". Based on the harsh and intense reality of refugees around the world, this film broaches a narrative told through the eyes of children that never give up on their dreams.

Footsteps on the Wind

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7 mins
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UK

In a version of Kolkata, India rendered unliveable by sea level rise, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed by a tiger on the flooded streets.

Wade

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11 mins
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India

doing well
by doing good

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In East Detroit, Tim Paule and Nicole Lindsey are transforming their community one hive at a time. By working to convert an estimated 90,000 vacant housing lots in their city into urban bee farms, Tim and Nicole are bringing life back to their community

Detroit Hives

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6 mins
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USA

Designers use fashion to preserve traditional Basotho culture and challenge common perceptions of Africa. Profiling a variety of these innovators, this film encourages us to take lessons from those who rethink, reuse, and reinvent in order to promote positive change.

From Trash To Treasure

Short
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25 mins
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USA & Lesotho

As humans threaten to overwhelm nature and environment, it is important to take a beat and reassess the impact of our actions. The documentary is a step in the same direction by engaging with a crucial concern that needs to be discussed more in the urban space. be overcome and achieved.

City Farmer

Short
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29 mins
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India

We the Power follows friends, families and visionaries, as they break down legislative barriers, take power back from big energy companies, put it in the hands of locals, and share the benefits to strengthen their towns.

We the Power

Mid-length
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35 mins
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Multiple Countries

Nearly 40% of the World's kelp forests are in decline, unlike more iconic ecosystems, this decline is going largely unnoticed. This short film shows us why it’s important to view our oceans with the same wonder and mystique as our rainforests, deserts and mountains, and why we need to find new ways of telling stories about them, creating powerful cultural connections which drive support for conservation.

Rewild our Seas

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8 mins
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South Africa

In a search for a united path forward on climate policy through a shared love of the outdoors, iconic snowboarder and environmentalist Jeremy Jones takes us on a journey to engage climate deniers, consider the future of clean air, clean water and a healthy planet, and search for common ground in the mountains — one voter at a time.

Purple Mountains

Mid-length
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53 mins
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USA

Ignite Session: Business for Good— A fast paced event designed to give audiences a rundown of the exciting innovations in business practice and ethics, leading the way in doing well by doing good.

Ignite Session: Business for Good

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40 mins
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Gain an insight into the exciting economic solutions to the climate crisis and how economic action could not only avert a climate catastrophe but also be a force for good in so many other areas of our society, collective mindset, and politics.

Ignite Session: Earth Economy

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36 mins
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UK première of Above Water

The CCFF is proud to present the UK premiere of Above Water (Marcher Sur L’Eau), in person from the COP26 Green Zone, as the closing event of the COP's public program.

This screening is in partnership with Goethe Institut (Glasgow and Dublin), Alliance Française (Glasgow and Dublin) and Institut Français d'Écosse — who will also be hosting a digital screening and panel discussion.

It couldn’t be more fitting to have this film conclude 2 weeks celebrating stunning, diverse and eye-opening cinema by talented, underrepresented creators.

panel discussion: access to water

Friday 12 Nov, 6:30pm
Our partners are hosting a special panel discussion to follow the digital screening of Above Water.

Join the online discussion with Dr Karin Helwig (professor at the Glasgow Caledonian University), Anne-Marie Melster (co-founder and director of ARTPORT project) and Lamya Essemlali (Sea Shepherd France and Campaign), hosted by Anja Murray (EcoEye).