Director: Cosima
Danoritzer Producer: Nicolas
Koutsikas
Description:
All over the
globe, catastrophic wildfires are threatening not only our homes and
our lives, but also the climate and our future. This documentary
travels to the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia to follow the work of a
dedicated global community of scientists, firefighters and fire
experts as they light experimental fires in laboratories, study the
history of our forests and put under scrutiny the escalating range
and impact of the blazes, from hidden smoldering fires deep inside
the soil to smoke clouds reaching all the way up into the
stratosphere. Why are megafires beyond human control and what makes
them so insatiable? What is our part of the responsibility in causing
this crisis?
Biography:
Cosima Dannoritzer is a documentary filmmaker with a special
interest in history, ecology, and the impact of technology on
society. She has worked for broadcasters in the UK, Germany, France,
and Spain. Her film about the history of planned obsolescence, The
Light Bulb Conspiracy, was broadcast in 40+ countries, won 12
international festival awards, and inspired a new law in France. The
E-Waste Tragedy investigated the international trafficking of
e-waste, and was screened by numerous festivals and broadcasters as
well as Interpol and the World Resources Forum. Time Thieves looks
at the economic value of our time.
Nicolas Koutsikas is a France based filmmaker and producer of
documentary films for more than 30 years. With his production company
Georama TV, co-founded with Emeraude Zervoudis, he has a long
experience in addressing environmental issues on a global level. The
film Megafires: Investigating a Global Threat is the third in
a series, after Floods: A Global Threat and Deadly Depths.
Georama TV received the Prince Rainier III Special Prize at the
Monte-Carlo Festival twice: for the Tipping Point film and for Deadly Depths, and received awards at the Deauville Green
Festival and at the Green Screen Festival in Germany. The film Floods: A Global Threat received The Green Gold Award at the
Deauville Festival.
