Tales from Planet Earth Film Festival
Profound questions about possible futures - precipitated by a changing climate, shifting energy resources, and the movement and displacement of people across the globe - will be explored during the Tales from Planet Earth film festival in Madison, November 1 - November 3. More than 35 new and classic films will examine how past and present modes of living have either intentionally or inadvertently contributed to different "futures" for the planet. Discussions with filmmakers will follow several of the screenings.
A roundtable discussion with novelist Ruth Ozeki and award-winning filmmakers will open the festival on Friday, November 1, at 7:00 p.m. in the Marquee Theater at Union South. Ozeki's novel, "A Tale for the Time Being," is UW-Madison's Go Big Read selection for this year.
Admission to all events is free! Among festival highlights, more than a dozen filmmakers and other invited guests will discuss their work and participate in related events. Speakers include Alex Rivera, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Peter Galison and Robb Moss, Robert Stone, Deepti Kakkar, Marie Cousineau, Shania Jackson, Jordan Principato, and Ahpahnae Thomas, and Andrew Garrison.
As it has in the past, the film festival has partnered with local community organizations involved in issues raised by many of the films. This year's festival also adds an international partner, the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, which will screen many of the festival films in Stockholm in April 2014.
All events will take place at one of four venues: The Marquee Theater at Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St.; UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue; The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 227 State St., and the Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Ave.
For more information, please visit our website or contact Meghan Lepisto by email or phone at 608-890-2064.
A roundtable discussion with novelist Ruth Ozeki and award-winning filmmakers will open the festival on Friday, November 1, at 7:00 p.m. in the Marquee Theater at Union South. Ozeki's novel, "A Tale for the Time Being," is UW-Madison's Go Big Read selection for this year.
Admission to all events is free! Among festival highlights, more than a dozen filmmakers and other invited guests will discuss their work and participate in related events. Speakers include Alex Rivera, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Peter Galison and Robb Moss, Robert Stone, Deepti Kakkar, Marie Cousineau, Shania Jackson, Jordan Principato, and Ahpahnae Thomas, and Andrew Garrison.
As it has in the past, the film festival has partnered with local community organizations involved in issues raised by many of the films. This year's festival also adds an international partner, the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, which will screen many of the festival films in Stockholm in April 2014.
All events will take place at one of four venues: The Marquee Theater at Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St.; UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue; The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 227 State St., and the Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Ave.
For more information, please visit our website or contact Meghan Lepisto by email or phone at 608-890-2064.
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