Young multi-national producers have won the Action4Climate documentary competition awards for works that tackle climate change, the World Bank reported on its website Thursday.
“These talented young film makers connect with their audience in emotional and powerful ways about the dangers of climate change. They have done serious, important work, which shows that climate change could result in a world that is unrecognizable today, and that we need act now to protect the planet for future generations,” said Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group.
Launched in early 2014 by Connect4Climate, the global climate change communications program. the competition attracted hundreds of entries from all around the world. Italian film director and screenwriter, Bernardo Bertolucci, chaired a renowned jury of film makers tasked with choosing winning films in two age categories.
“We were amazed by the originality of the stories and the genuine concern shown by these young film makers about the effects of climate change. They described th effects of climate change from hundreds of different points of view. Selecting winners was an almost impossible task,” said Bernardo Bertolucci, Academy Award and Golden Globe Winning Director.
“Prizes for the competition were graciously provided by Edison, the Italian power company, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In addition, Vimeo, the video sharing website, is enthusiastically donating Vimeo Plus accounts for one year to all the finalists from developing countries,” the website said.
Portuguese director Gonçalo Tocha won the competition for the 18 -35 age category,for his “The Trail of a Tale”. It revolves around a letter written in the future to today’s society.
Bulgarian Dobrin Kashavelov’s “Global Warning, which relates the dilemma of the survivors of typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, came second.
Third place was occupied by American filmmaker Nathan Dappen for his “Snows of the Nile”, in which he detects the fast disappearing glaciers of Uganda’s ‘mountains of the moon’.
