GREENMOTIONS FILMFESTIVAL
09.11.2022 – 13.11.2022
The Greenmotions Film Festival has taken place annually in November in Freiburg im Breisgau since 2014. We mainly show films on the subject of environment and sustainability, but in recent years we have increasingly devoted ourselves to other topics such as awareness, mindfulness, psychology, sociology, art and feminism. We offer various solution-oriented and empowering long and short films, workshops, film talks and networking opportunities.
Greenmotions wants to open eyes, create awareness, move and inspire action!
In addition to the main topic “Beyond Sustainability”, we decided for this year’s edition on the special topic ‘Women – Activism – Environment‘. You can find more information on this and on our film competition in our Call for Entries.
Come in large numbers and let yourself be inspired by the solution-oriented and constructive film screenings!
We look forward to you!
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NEWS
The 8th Greenmotions Film Festival – thanks for joining us in this great weekend!
From 9th to 13th November, the 8th edition of the Greenmotions Film Festival took place at the municipal cinema at the Alter Wiehrebahnhof in Freiburg this year. We showed inspiring films covering different topics
The winners of the 8th Greenmotions Film Festival are …
This year our juries and the audience awarded 4 film prizes on Sunday 13.11.2022 at our award ceremony which followed our short film evening. Congratulations to Arjan Brentjes for the short film award for his
Activism or how do we act collectively for social change?
Today's societal challenges are enormous. We are confronted on a daily basis with discrimination and injustice: climate and migration injustice, gender inequality, difficulties in accessing social rights and poverty, war and violence, exploitation
Program
Screenings will take place at Kommunales Kino, Urachstraße 40, 79102 Freiburg. Reservations can be done if you click on the title of the movie in the program table.
Since the foundation of Greenmotions Film Festival, we have been using the Pay-After System, through which the audience can decide voluntarily whether and how much they want to contribute to the event after participating. As long as we are a festival which intends to raise awareness of sustainability topics, we aim for inclusivity and fairness. We decided to adopt this system to give everyone the opportunity to participate in the festival, including people with limited financial possibilities.
Wednesday 9. November
| Start | Venue |
Filmmaker | Duration | Language | Year / Land |
| 18:00 | Montagne di Plastica (Plastic Mountains) | Manuel Camia | 40min | Italian, engl. subtitles | 2020 I |
| 20:00 |
Opening Ceremony |
Julien Guéraud | 52min | French, engl. subtitles | 2021 F |
Thursday 10. November
| 18:00 |
Filmdiscussion with Bonina Mußmann, Christian Belz and Sebastian Lindlar |
Christian Belz | 51 min | german + english, german subtitles | 2022 D |
| 20:00 |
Videointerview with Marion Neumann |
Marion Neumann | 90 min | english, german, japanese and english, german, french subtitles | 2021 CH |
Friday 11. November
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17:00 |
O Jardineiro da Floresta (The Forest Gardener) Video – Discussion with Prof.Dr. Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo, Biologist and member of the Muriqui Biodiversity Institute |
Bárbara Cal |
24min |
Portuguese, engl. subtitles |
2022 BR |
| 18:00 |
Videointerview with Leonardo Brant |
Leonardo Brant | 52min | Portuguese, engl.subtitles | 2021 BR |
| 19:30 |
Tornar a començar (Begin Again) “Women – Activism – Environment”Filmdiscussion with Anna Cabré Albós |
Anna Cabré Albós, Isaac Liupiañez Fontanet | 52min | Catalan, engl. subtitles | 2021 SP |
| 21:15 |
“Women – Activism – Environment”Videointerview with Raj Patel |
Raj PatelZak Piper | 74min | Chichewa, engl subtitles | 2021 USA |
Saturday 12. November
| 13:00 | Workshop | Leonie Meder (StadtWandler Freiburg) and Laure Kervyn (Greenmotions) | 120min | English, German | |
| 15:30 |
Videointerview with Antonio Spano |
Antonio Spano | 71min | French, Swahili, engl. subtitles | 2021 BEL |
| 17:30 |
Tarcila: Indigenous Solutions to Climate Change from Peru Mama Irene – Healer of the Andes “Women – Activism – Environment”Videointerview with Elisabeth Möhlmann &
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Sarah Kuck Elisabeth Möhlmann & |
15min 71min |
Spanish, engl. subtitles English, Quechua, Spanish, engl. subtitles |
2020 USA 2020 USA |
| 20:30 |
“Women – Activism – Environment” |
Carme Gomila Sam Vinal |
12min 67min |
Spanish, Arabic, engl. subtitles Spanish, engl. subtitles |
2022 SP 2020 HND |
Sunday 13. November
| 10:30 |
Matineé with Foodsharing Buffet starting at 10:30 am 11:15 am: Die Stangenbohnen Partei (The Stringbean Party) anschließend Filmdiskussion mit Paddy Schmitt |
Paddy Schmitt | 90min | German | 2022 D |
| 14:00 |
Videointerview with Christian Nicoletta |
Christian Nicoletta | 52min | Italian, Catalan, English, Spanish, engl. subtitles |
2021 I |
| 16:00 | Aya | Simon Coulibaly Gillard | 90min | Avikam, engl. subtitles | 2021 BEL, F |
| 19:00 | International Short Film Competition | Review of the Jury | ca 90min | German, English | |
| 20:30 | Award Ceremony | ca 60min | German, English | ||
| 21:30 | Afterparty and Live Musik | Pedro Bortoluzzi (voice and guitar) and Marc Noller (percussion) | Brazilian Music |
Click the button to know the programme of previous editions!
Film Competition
Dear Filmmakers!
Greenmotions inspires and encourages people to take active participation in the transition towards a regenerative culture in which humanity harmonises with the rest of the natural world.
For a lot of us there seems to be a gap between this vision and the reality of our daily lives. And that’s where your films come in.
We screen solution-oriented, constructive and empowering films dealing with the environment and beyond: consciousness | mindfulness | psychology | sociology | art.
Along with the inspiring feature and short films under the general theme ‘Beyond sustainability’, we have a yearly prize for the special topic:
2022 TOPIC: ‘Women – Activism – Environment‘
Selected inspiring documentaries/feature films (20-120 minutes) and the special topic ‘Women – Activism – Environment’ will be screened at the festival along with the best short films (up to 20 minutes) from our international short film competition. Furthermore, bicycle cinemas will be organised in schools where the students will provide power to run the projector for the films by paddling their bikes as well as a bicycle-powered opening techno party.
Rules
- Positive, solution-oriented films about sustainability, environment and beyond
- Short films: up to 20 minutes, long feature movies: 20-120 minutes
- Deadline for submission: June, 30th 2022
- All genres related to the theme are accepted
- Completed after 31st December 2019
- Language: German or English, other languages must have English or German subtitles
You can submit via the platform filmfreeway (submission fee 2$) or through this form. (free).
By submitting your work you agree to our Terms of Conditions.
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us at the following addresses:
films@greenmotions-filmfestival.de for the feature movies
competition@greenmotions-filmfestival.de for the short movies
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.
Our vision is:
A healthy world with vital people who feel interconnectedness among all living beings and take responsibility for their thoughts and actions.
Our mission and strategy is:
- Inspiring people to rethink their own behavior towards themselves, towards others and towards the world by showing eye-opening and solution-oriented movies.
- Encouraging people to live the transformation, by initiating discussions and exchange among the audience and offering possibilities to get active with local initiatives.
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:
Supporters
Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters!
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Funding
If you like to give us a donation, we can send you a contribution receipt. Please contact fundraising@greenmotions-filmfestival.de.