Press Reviews

Time | Date 4 September 2008
Crowdfunding

Got $10? Then you too can be a venture capitalist.

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Ecologist | Date 1 September 2008
Film Review: The Age of Stupid

I’m sorry, I’m going to gush: this film is a fantastic achievement.

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Energy and Environmental Management | Date 1 September 2008
Are We Really This Stupid?

Pete Postlethwaite, the man whom Stephen Spielberg called the greatest actor on the planet, stares at you, an expression of resigned despair on his face. Behind him is an archive of all the greatest achievements of humanity, kept optimistically for whoever might one day find it.

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New Statesman | Date 31 July 2008
Coming to a screen near you - me!

How things have changed. Today, bookshops have entire shelves devoted to climate change. Television, too, has belatedly begun to catch up

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The Guardian | Date 22 July 2008
Global Warming is a Brutal Truth

There is just one party which doesn't seem to care about the controversy created by The Great Global Warming Swindle. That is the company which broadcast it: Channel 4.

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DOX Documentary Film Magazine | Date 1 July 2008
Raising Half a Million by Crowd Funding

Just how on earth do you raise half a million Euros for a documentary tackling one of the world’s most depressing subjects, without a single broadcaster or distributor?

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Sud Ouest | Date 27 June 2008
Le risque est payant

SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC. Le jury de Grand Écran documentaire, dont Isabelle Autissier était présidente d’honneur, a récompensé hier soir trios films engagés. Le risque est payant

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The Guardian | Date 27 June 2008
For sale: a warm fuzzy feeling

Jan Goodey on how to fund your film with friends

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Harper's Bazaar | Date 1 June 2008
Boiling Point

Burn Up is the latest drama adding fuel to the climate debate. Sally Williams talks to its stars, and examines the global boom in eco movies.

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Red Pepper | Date 1 April 2008
It's the climate, stupid

Click for full articleIt is cold in the Camden office of filmmakers Franny Armstrong and Lizzy Gillett. I’m here to interview them about their new film, The Age of Stupid, a feature-length documentary about climate change.

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