''Tomorrow'' () is a 2015 French

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directed by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent. Faced with a future that scientists say is a great cause for concern,Anthony Barnosky, Elizabeth Hadly ''et al.''
"Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere"
''

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'', number 486, 7 Juin 2012, pages 52-58 (page visited on 31 August 2016). In addition to this article (mentioned in the film), Anthony Barnosky and Elizabeth Hadly also wrote the book ''End Game: Tipping Point for Planet Earth?'', 2015 (). the film has the distinction of not giving in to catastrophism. Optimistically, it identifies initiatives that have been proven themselves in ten countries as examples of solutions to environmental and social challenges of the twenty-first century in agriculture, energy, economy, education and governance. ''Tomorrow'' exceeded a million entries in France. It won the 2016 César Award for Best Documentary Film and was distributed in 27 countries.Official website of ''Tomorrow''
(page visited on 8 September 2016).

Description

The film is organised in five chapters: * Agriculture * Energy * Economy * Democracy * Education

Production

Funding

''Tomorrows production team fell short in funding. On 27 May 2014, the team launched crowdfunding activities on the internet platform KissKissBankBank with the objective of gathering 200,000 Euro to finance the film and fund the rental of shooting equipment. Two months later on 26 July the team had raised 444,390 Euro, more than a quarter of the budget of the film, with the help of 10,266 contributors.

Contributors

Initiatives taking place in France (including

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), Finland, Denmark, Belgium, India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Switzerland, Sweden and Iceland are shown. People appearing in the film include:

Analysis

Unlike other documentary films that focus on the cause of global environmental imbalances and their negative consequences (such as ''Le syndrome du Titanic'', '' The Eleventh Hour'', ''

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'', '' That Should Not Be: Our Children Will Accuse Us'' and ''

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''), '' Tomorrow '' offers a constructive approach (similar to ''Solutions locales pour un désordre global'') putting forward solutions to environmental problems facing mankind.

Accolades

Impact

The film was shown at COP 21,

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, UN and at every school in

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by the Brussels Minister of the Environment. More than 700 projects related to the initiatives described in the film were launched in late 2016. The film has attracted a passion for alternative forms of consumption and participation in the society it presents. The co-director Cyril Dion has since been using the film's success to support the ''mouvement Colibris'' (Hummingbird movement), a group looking forward to change modern lifestyle, e.g. during the French presidential campaign of 2017.

References

External links

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