Film screening: Ökozid

Screening of the film Ökozid as a part of a 7th Prague Populism Conference that take place 15 - 17 May 2022.

WHERE: Edison Filmhub, Jeruzalémská 1321/2, Prague

ENTRY: free, please book your seats here

LANGUAGE: German with CZ/ENG subtitles

After the film screening: discussion with filmmakers Jutta Doberstein (Schauspiel Stuttgart), Alexandra Kemmerer (Max Planck Institut, Berlin). Host: Štěpán Vizi (Centre for Transport and Energy) With CZ/ENG Interpretation.

The year 2034: The consequences of the climate catastrophe are dramatic. Drought and floods destroy the livelihoods of millions of people. After the third storm tide in a row, the headquarters of the International Court of Justice was evacuated. In a provisional interim building in Berlin, the climate change and the ongoing catastrophe becomes the subject of legal proceedings. Two lawyers represent 31 countries of the global South, which are doomed to destruction without the support of the international community. They raise questions of responsibility, demand compensation and a right of nature to integrity in order to ensure their own survival. High-ranking representatives from politics and industry are invited as witnesses. The court must decide whether German policymakers are to be held accountable for their failure to protect the climate and thus set a precedent for climate justice. 

Director: Andres Veiel
Starring: Utsav Agrawal, Friederike Becht, Martina Eitner-Acheampong
Germany, 2020, 90 min.