Join us to watch ‘The Age of Stupid’ a British documentary film by Franny Armstrong and winning short films from The Outlook for Someday film sustainability film challenge for young people

The Age of Stupid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, The Usual Suspects, Brassed Off) as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking back at old footage from our time and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

Launched at a Guinness World Recording-winning solar-powered premiere in London’s Leicester Square, the film was released in cinemas worldwide, topped the UK box office (by screen average), became one of the most talked-about films of 2009 and garnered sensational reviews: The Telegraph called it “Bold, supremely provocative and hugely important”, the News of the World described it as “A deeply inconvenient kick up the backside”, ABC Australia said “So tightly constructed and dynamic you leave the cinema energised rather than terrified… hits home like a hammer blow” and the LA Times said “Think ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, but with a personality”.

http://www.spannerfilms.net/films/ageofstupid

Image: The Archive: looking back to the present, Pete Postlethwaite as The Archivist in The Age of Stupid, Spanner Films, CC-BY-NC

The Outlook for Someday began in 2007. “Young New Zealand forecasts the future by telling it how it is… we look through the windows of the make-or-break generation.” The mission for anyone up to the age of 20 was to make a short film, up to 5 minutes, about how they see the future unfolding; to look at your world through a lens of sustainability; to give their personal take on what matters to them, focused on the future. “Young New Zealand forecasts the future by telling it how it is… we look through the windows of the make-or-break generation.”

http://www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/about/watch-the-someday-awards-2016/

Image: The Outlook for Someday 2016 – Dog Island Motu Piu 3