Events and
Activities

Short movies night followed by a discussion organised by the Bahrain Cinema Club

GEO-ENGINEERING by Yannick Stark (2020)

Synopsis: In the not-so-distant future, humanity is attempting to rescue the climate by means of geoengineering. Around the world, giant machines stuck in endless loops are fighting the symptoms of climate change by refreezing the polar ice, plugging holes in the cloud cover, and pushing back deserts.

Topics: Climate change

Running time: 02:00 minutes

HUNGRY SEAGULL by Leon Wang (2019)

Synopsis: On an island not far from the mainland, the young father seagull is anxiously guarding the new born gulls by the nest and awaiting the return of the mother seagull. The mother seagull has given up everything she has, but the baby seagull is still hungry. The father seagull had flown away in search of more food...The main diet of black-tailed gulls is pelagic fish in the sea, molluscs and aquatic insects in coastal wetlands and estuaries. However, with the overfishing of offshore fish and the pollution of the marine environment, seagulls can catch fewer and fewer small fish in the upper layer.

Running time: 06:00 minutes

KOKOTA: THE ISLET OF HOPE by Craig Norris (2016)

Synopsis: The Islet of Hope tells the story of Mbarouk’s quest to help Kokota. This short, 30 minutes documentary introduces viewers to the resilient people living on the front lines of climate change and explores how these unlikely heroes have managed to innovatively adapt to a warming climate while reforesting their island. This inspirational film promises to leave audiences around the world believing that simple solutions really can have huge impacts.

Running time: 29:00 minutes

OLMO by Silvio Soldini (2019)

Synopsis: Olmo, eighty years old, looks out of the window of a building in the suburban area of a city. His eighty-year-old grandson Giulio is reading him an article from the newspaper about melting glaciers, the greenhouse effect, methane and CO2... “What is C-O-2?” asks the child. “Do you remember the carbon dioxide we studied?” says Grandpa. “The one the trees breathe?” asks Giulio. The day after, they’re leaving for a short tour instead of going to school, searching for an old tree.

Running time: 08:00 minutes

TANT DE FORETS by Burku Sankur and Geoffrey Godet (2014)

Synopsis: The short film is based on a poem of Jacques Prévert. The poem speaks of the irony of the fact that newspaper warn us about deforestation although they are made of paper themselves.

Running time: 03:00 minutes

THERMOSTAT 6 by Maya Av-Ron, Mylène Cominotti, Marion Coudert, Sixtine Dano (2018)

Synopsis: Diane can't ignore anymore the leak coming from the ceiling above the family diner…

Topics: Climate change

Running time: 04:48 minutes