Hot ideas for a cooler planet
The Greenmotions Film Festival is a call to action aiming to raise awareness in people around sustainable thinking! The fourth edition will take place at Kommunales Kino im Alten Wiehre Bahnhof in Freiburg (Germany) on November 09 – 12, 2017.With the presentation of solution-oriented, constructive and positive films we would like to convince the audience of the need for active participation. This year, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the bicycle’s invention we will have a special prize about sustainable mobility.
Inspiring documentaries and feature movies will be presented at the festival weekend along with the best short films of our international short film competition. Save the date and do not miss our Greenmotion Film Festival 2017 so that you can experience the inspiring movies of this year.
We are looking forward to have you there.
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NEWS
Minister President Winfried Kretschmann becomes patron for the Greenmotions Filmfestival 2017
The Greenmotions Filmfestival team is pleased to announce that Mr. Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann will be the patron of this year’s festival.
His commitment to the environment and several contributions to the professional and social sustainability […]
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Dear film-makers,
We are again looking for the best movies about sustainability for this years festival edition! They will be shown during the weekend of our film-festival in November! We want to screen inspiring and solution-oriented […]
Special Prize for “Sustainable mobility”
The bicycle celebrates its 200th birthday and we will join its celebration! During the weekend of our film-festival we will host again our popular bicycle cinema, where the projector will be powered by our spectators. […]
Program
Thursday 09.11.17
| Start time | Film/Activity | Lenght | Language | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | What are we waiting for? | 118 min | French (English subtitles) | Marie-Monique Robin |
| 21:00 | SEED: The untold story | 94 min | English | Taggart Siegel |
Friday 10.11.17
| Start time | Film/Activity | Lenght | Language | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Sustainable | 95 min | English | Matt Wechsler |
| 19:00 | Code of Survival – Die Geschichte vom Ende der Gentechnik | 95 min | German | Bertram Verhaag |
| 21:00 | The Borneo Case | 74 min | English (German subtitles) | Erik Pause, Dylan Williams |
| 22:00 | After Party: Bicycle Disco in Freizeichen/ArTik (Haslacher Str. 25, ex Schmitz Katze) |
Saturday 11.11.17
| Start time | Film/Activity | Lenght | Language | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Short film workshop | |||
| 13:00 | Wasted Life | 26 min
37 min |
English
Various (English subtitles) |
Er. Abdul Rashid
BhatBenji Bink |
| 15:00 | A simpler way: crisis as an opportunity | 79 min | English | Jordan Osmond |
| 17:00 | Gier – ein verhängnisvolles Verlangen | 91 min | German/English | Jörg Seibold |
| 19:00 | White Waves (Filmmaker via Skype) | 80 min | Various (German subtitles) | Inka Reichert |
| 21:00 | Chasing Coral | 93 min | English | Jeff Orlowski |
Sunday 12.11.17
| Start time | Film/Activity | Lenght | Language | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00
Bicycle cinema at Waldhaus (Wonnhaldestraße 6, Freiburg) |
Cycologic
Freiburger Räder Kesselrollen – Wie rollt die Stadt von morgen? |
15 min
7 min 42 min |
English
German German (English subtitles) |
Emilia Stälhamer
Sigrid Faltin Roman Högerle & Felix Länge |
| 13:00 | Sehnsucht nach Eden | 80 min | German | Bodo Kaiser/Nils Kaiser |
| 15:00 | Intelligente Bäume (Kids Program, Filmmaker will be present.) | 45 min | German (English subtitles) | Julia Dordel & Guido Tölke |
| 16:15 | Die Aussenseiter – Reise zu den Pionieren des ökologischen Landbaus | 43 min | German | Lorenz Knauer |
| 17:15 | Why do we bike? | 54 min | English | Francesco Melloni/Elena Diana |
| 19:00 | Short film competition and award ceremony | |||
| Kara Solar | 4 min | Spanish (English subtitles) | Juan Reece | |
| Madrid Zero | 8 min | Spanish (English subtitles) | Alvaro Llagunes | |
| Wo Leben anders ist | 19 min | German (English subtitles) | Theresa Setzer | |
| Uhrwerk Pupur | 4 min | German (English subtitles) | Manuela Lindig | |
| Save Me! | 10 min | Mohsen Nabavi | ||
| Under the Canopy of Trees | 15 min | Russian (English subtitles) | Ignat Kachan |
All Events are in Kommunales Kino (Alter Wiehre Bahnhof, Urachstrasse 40, Freiburg), unless noted.
Click the button to know the programme of the Greenmotions Film Festival 2016!
Film Competition
We welcome all filmmakers to take part in our film competition and our program for this year. The submission period for Greenmotions Film Festival in 2017 is open from now until 31.07.2017. We are looking forward to your contribution through interesting and inspirational films. You can see this year’s jury members here.
You can submit your films through Filmfreeway, Reelport or through our website.
We kindly ask you to read our Terms & Conditions before submiting.
If you have any question regarding the submission send your request to:
films@greenmotions-filmfestival.de for the feature movies
competition@greenmotions-fimlfestival.de for the short movies
Thank you for your contribution!
About us
In 2014 the Greenstorming Film Festival was first organized by students as part of their Master’s Program in Renewable Energy Management at the University of Freiburg. Greenmotions Film Festival is now organized by a mix of film makers, artists and volunteers who founded the nonprofit association Greenmotions e.V. (articles). The name Greenmotions is registered as trademark at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. For a more indepth view of the team take a look at our Bios Page!
Most of us work on a voluntary basis. If you would like to join the team, help planning, networking, organizing, get in touch with us:
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