Documentaries

Since 2007 award-winning documentaries play an integral part in the ECOWEEK program. In 2009 ECOWEEK was the first in Greece to show the newly released The Age of Stupid by director Franny Armstrong and Oscar-winning producer John Battsek starring Pete Postlethwaite, at the same time the film was premiered in most capitals across the world.... Read more

	ECOWEEK 2011: Documentaries
	> Going for Green - Britain's 2012 Dream Britain's 2012 dream "Going for Green - Britain's 2012 Dream" was commissioned by the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and tells the story of how the Olympic Park is being built in an environmentally sustainable way, in accordance with the legacy objectives as set out in the original London 2012 bid. The film highlights British creativity and excellence in construction, as well as the cutting edge 'green' technology used for the build of the Olympic Park. The Parklands, Soil Cleaning, the Aquatics Centre and the Velodrome are some of the Olympic projects presented in the film, sit back and enjoy. The film is open and free admission to the general public. Date of screening: September 13, 2011 at 17:30 Politecnico di Milano Bovisa Aula Fratelli Castilglioni program Q&A Speaker: Prof. Brian Ford, Nottingham University, UK & Arch. Mario Kaiser Language: English (no subtitles) This screening is made possible thanks to the cooperation and support of the British Council.
	> Documentary "Last Call for Planet Earth" by Jacques Allard The planet is in danger. The challenge is very simple and it's a matter of survival. There is only one possible escape: the quick and energetic mastery of sustainable development. Its application to architecture and town planning. What to do? Working differently in order to build differently and do everything in order to protect our vulnerable environment. Solar energy, renewable materials, targeted changes in city design, passive houses and bioclimatic architecture, are some of the answers that 12 world acclaimed architects - among them Maximilano Fuksas, Thom Mayne, Ivan Harbour, Francoise-Helene Jourda and others - suggest in Jacques Allard's documentary "Last Call for Planet Earth". 70' The film is open to Lycee students, parents and staff, or by invitation only. Date of screening: Wednesday September 14, 2011 at 15:00 program Screening Venue: Lycee Stendhal Milan, Via Laveno 12 Milano Q&A Speaker: E. Messinas, architect, Chairman, ECOWEEK (in English) Language: English - with Italian subtitles This screening is made possible thanks to the cooperation and support of the Lycee Stendhal Milan.

DOCUMENTARIES AT ECOWEEK

In 2007, ECOWEEK was among the first to show in Greece the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth with Nobel-Laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore, and to show it to more than 100 High Schools across Greece and Cyprus. In 2008 ECOWEEK organized a panel of distinguished speakers for the premiere of The 11th Hour with Leonardo DiCaprio at the 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and then held free screenings across Greece and Cyprus, including High Schools. In 2008 ECOWEEK hosted the premiere of Last Call for Planet Earth by Jacques Allard, who was invited to introduced the film together with a panel of distinguished architects from Greece, UK and Denmark. In 2009 ECOWEEK was the first to show the newly released The Age of Stupid by director Franny Armstrong and Oscar-winning producer John Battsek starring Pete Postlethwaite, in Athens (Greece) at the same time the film was premiered in most capitals across the world.

ECOWEEK has also been screening the TVE documentary series ELEMENT by director Emily McDowell, broadcast on MTV channels globally, featuring young social entrepreneurs who initiate creative projects for Climate Change and UNs Millenium Development Goals; The Next Industrial Revolution directed by Shelley Morhaim featuring architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart and their cradle-to-cradle concept; The Power of Community directed by Faith Morgan, about how Cuba survived the Peak Oil crisis in the 1990s with urgan organic agriculture; The Rural Studio presenting Samuel Mockbee's vision of Architecture as a catalyst for social change; Kilowatt Ours by Jerr Barrie about where our energy comes from and what is the impact on the environment and the local communities; and Architecture 2030 by architect Ed Mazria a leader in passive solar architecture and sustainable building.

ECOWEEK welcomes invitations for public, corporate, community, and educational screenings. All invited screenings have a charge for the public screening copyrights. Contact ecoweek[at]ecoweek.gr