SunCommon hosts 3rd annual online Climate Action Film Festival

March 4, 2022  |  By Waterbury Roundabout

For the third year, SunCommon will host its annual Climate Action Film Festival on March 16-17.

The solar installation company launched the festival in 2020 as an extension of its commitment to address the climate crisis. The festival’s mission is to bring together filmmakers, communities and those in positions to make change to share stories with the goal of inspiring action locally and beyond to address climate change. 

This year’s 10 short films will be shown over two nights with guest appearances each night. The films were chosen to present voices from around the world on the topic of climate change. The event description offers a glimpse: “From the United Kingdom, you’ll meet a 9-year-old living in an off-grid community grappling with our planet’s future. In Malaysia, a global plastic waste crisis is on display, and local activists refuse to accept the situation amidst rising sea levels. In California, we go to the front lines of youth activists demanding action in the wake of devastating wild fires. And a Norwegian adventurer reminds us of the simple solutions right before our eyes, buried in the soil.”

Each night will include a panel discussion with filmmakers and special guests. One of the discussions, for example, will include the directors and subjects of the short film Eve, Joya Berrow, Lucy Jane, Eve, and her mother, Kirsty. The second panel will feature the filmmakers who created A Story About Bread, James Payne and James "Beej" Harford, along with George Lamb, one of the cofounders of Wildfarmed.

The festival is designed as a “pay what you can” donation-based event with 100% of the viewer contributions going to SunCommon partner grassroots organizations New York Renews and 350 Vermont.

See a trailer for the festival online at vimeo.com/678186302. Tickets and more information are online at climateactionfilmfestival.com. Screenshot images below are from the festival trailer.