18TH FILM PROGRAMME
THINKING ABOUT THE WEATHER
Documentary
United Kingdom , 2020, 21'02''
Director: Gardar Thor Thorkelsson
Producer: Jamie Mcdonald
Cinematographer: Garðar Þór
Composer: Darryl O'Donovan
Editor: Armiliah Aripin
Synopsis: Desperate to resolve his anxieties about the looming climate apocalypse the filmmaker embarks on an odyssey around Britain. He travels to places that will soon be submerged by the sea in the hope that he will learn how to live in a world that seems doomed.
As he travels through seaside villages in Wales, Scottish islands and England he is met with apathy, complacency and militant denial. Will he be plunged further into the depths of despair, or will he find a reason to hope?
Thinking About the Weather is a travel documentary about the end of the world.
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Director: Gardar Thor Thorkelsson
Gardar is an award winning documentary director and cinematographer based in London and a directing documentary graduate from the NFTS.
His graduation film, Thinking About the Weather, a travel documentary about the end of the world, won the Hijack Visionary Filmmaker Award at Aesthetica film festival 2020.
Gardar is from Reykjavik, Iceland.
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