''The Uncertainty Has Settled'' is a documentary about climate, energy and agriculture. Produced and directed by Dutch filmmaker

Marijn Poels Marijn Poels is a Dutch independent filmmaker, documentary filmmaker and international speaker. His feature films include '' The Uncertainty Has Settled'', ''Paradogma'', and he has also made several TV documentary series. Poels' films address ...

, the film was released in 2017. The name of the film is an allusion to the assertion that "the science has settled", made by people such as

Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder, known for his roles in high-profile action films. Governorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger, ...

and

Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American former politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as ...

. In the film, Poels visits regular climate scientists, as well as individuals who reject

climate science Climatology (from Greek , ''klima'', "slope"; and , '' -logia'') or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years. Climate concerns the atmospher ...

, and lets the viewer come to their own conclusions. Those visited include climate deniers

Piers Corbyn Piers Richard Corbyn (born 10 March 1947) is a British weather forecaster, Anti-vaccine activism, anti-vaccine activist, Conspiracy theory, conspiracy theorist, and former politician. Corbyn was born in Wiltshire and raised in Shropshire wherei ...

, British astrophysicist and

conspiracy theorist A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy (generally by powerful sinister groups, often political in motivation), when other explanations are more probable.Additional sources: * ...

, and British/ American physicist

Freeman Dyson Freeman John Dyson (15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020) was a British-American theoretical physics, theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrix, random matrices, math ...

. The world premiere of the film took place on 9 February 2017 at the Berlin Independent Film Festival, screening at the historic

Kino Babylon The Kino Babylon is a cinema in the Mitte neighbourhood of Berlin and part of a listed building complex at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz opposite the Volksbühne theatre. The building was erected 1928–29. It was designed by the architect Hans Poelzig ...

, where it won best documentary feature. It also screened at the

Mindfield Film Festival Mindfield(s) or Mind Field(s) may refer to: Music * Mindfield (band), a German thrash metal band * ''Mindfields'', a 1999 album by Toto * Mindfields (Morandi album), ''Mindfields'' (Morandi album), 2006 * "Mindfield", a 1998 song by Ringo Starr fro ...

Los Angeles, where it won the Diamond Award for best documentary, and at the

Paris Independent Film Festival The Paris Independent Film Festival is an annual film festival showcasing international independent films that takes place in Paris, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas F ...

, where it won best documentary feature. The film was awarded as best documentary.

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* Documentary films about global warming {{climate-change-doc-film-stub