positive Planet Kino
Stories from the Planet - Real voices, Real change
OUR LAST EDITION
Temperature Rising – A Positive Planet Kino Panel and Film Screening to Mark the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement
Panel conversation with Farhana Yamin (International Lawyer and Climate Justice Activist) and Henrike Lindemann (Managing Director, Green Legal Impact), moderated by Coral Ruz (Positive Planet Kino) and Screening “Temperature Rising”.
For our last edition, we're highlighting African voices and giving space to spaces where climate change is lived by citizens every day. Our event featured different local voices before the screening with a panel discussion with Berlin-based activists. Positive Planet Kino is a film event dedicated to presenting short films, documentaries, and feature films that approach climate change, sustainability, and related topics through a distinctly positive lens.
highlighting worldwide voices
event speakers
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Farhana Yamin is an international lawyer, author, funder, and climate justice activist. For over 30 years, her work has centered on supporting the Global South, particularly by providing legal advice and assistance to small island states and vulnerable communities in United Nations climate negotiations. Since 2010, she has also advised some of the world’s largest climate philanthropy to increase support for movement building & those on the frontlines of climate injustice. She is currently Director of the Climate Justice & Just Transition Collaborative and a Richard von Weizsacker Fellow at the Bosch Academy, Berlin
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Henrike Lindemann is Managing Director of Green Legal Impact Germany, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening civil society’s use of law for climate and environmental protection. A lawyer by training, she has led legal campaigns, advised NGOs, and developed strategies to expand access to justice for climate defenders. Earlier, she worked on anti-coal litigation at Deutsche Umwelthilfe. In 2010, she co-founded Impuls – Agency for Applied Utopianism in response to the failed Copenhagen Climate Summit, creating participatory projects and workshops to help communities “practice change from within.” Combining legal expertise with imaginative activism, she empowers organizations and movements to advance transformative climate action.
WHAT IS POSITIVE PLANET KINO
Positive Planet Kino is a film event dedicated to presenting short films, documentaries, and feature films that approach climate change, sustainability, and related topics through a distinctly positive lens. Rather than focusing solely on crisis and catastrophe, this platform seeks to offer an alternative narrative, one that celebrates human creativity, resilience, and the transformative potential of collective action.
By showcasing stories of innovation, community empowerment, and environmental regeneration, we aim to reframe how audiences perceive the future of our planet. Through Positive Planet Kino, we invite filmmakers to challenge the dominant narrative of fear and despair, and instead craft stories that inspire, uplift, and open up space for imagination and hope.
We believe that by amplifying positive storytelling, we can spark meaningful conversations, shift perspectives, and ultimately encourage a more hopeful and action-oriented engagement with climate issues.com/config/pages
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
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An empowering perspective on climate change, inspiring people to have a different vision through cinema.
Amidst the lush greenery and serene surroundings, visitors immersed themselves in a selection of thought-provoking films that offered an empowering outlook on the urgent issue of climate change. The silver screen came alive with stories that evoked introspection, inspired change, and reminded everyone of the collective responsibility we bore for our planet.
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The Power of Vulnerability
This edition focused on The Power of Vulnerability , a unique perspective that explored ways to shape the future by harnessing the power of our own weaknesses.
Attendees were invited to dive deep into an evening of inspiration and change.
Guests heard from three influential voices in the Berlin film industry as they shared their insights on the transformative power of vulnerability.
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Sustainable Culture of Resistance
In its latest edition, Positive Planet Kino highlighted the theme of the power of activism, emphasizing the capacity of individuals to question, resist, and actively contribute to positive environmental change. The event showcased narratives that embodied this ethos, inspiring the audience to engage in environmental activism and fostering a collective commitment to positive change and a more sustainable world. The focus was on celebrating stories that exemplified the transformative potential of individual actions, shaping a narrative of environmental consciousness.