Demain (“Tomorrow”), the hugely successful documentary that inspired citizens’ environmental initiatives, is finally reaching the Anglo-Saxon market
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” class=”cs-ta-justify” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-right”]January 13th, 2017 [/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]We already told you about Demain in a previous article. Back then the documentary was actively looking for a distributor for the Anglo-Saxon market. A petition has even been launched to support the move. It is now official: the film will be released on 24th January in UK. Premieres will take place in Totnes – pioneer city of the Transition Network launched by the activist Rob Hopkins – Bristol and Todmorden. These three cities have been chosen because they appear in the movie. After these dates, the movie will be watchable upon request of cinemas or citizen organizations. And it seems that an Irish release is not in immediate plans. So you might need to go to Belfast to watch it, but it is worthy![/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” class=”cs-ta-center” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_image type=”none” src=”https://greennews.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Tomorrow.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]Demain took some time before reaching the Anglo-Saxon market, given that the film was first released on french screens in December 2015. But it has ever since exceeded the craziest hopes of the two directors, actress Mélanie Laurent and environmental activist Cyril Dion. The movie has been seen by more than a million viewers – extremely rare for a documentary – it received the César (French Oscars) of the Best Documentary 2016 but above all, it triggered hundreds of citizen initiatives. Collective gardens, food cooperative, zero waste groceries, ecovillages, local currency, repair café, … projects whose starting point was the viewing of the film are no longer counted.[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 00px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_video_embed no_container=”false” type=”16:9″][/x_video_embed][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]Why such a success ? The answer is actually quite simple: Demain is a positive, inspiring and empowering movie. It is not about making the audience feeling guilty as environmental documentaries often do. The ambition of Demain is to show that people all around the world are standing up and taking their future into their own hands. At their modest scale, they undertake projects which form the society of tomorrow. A post-oil society that first must put humanity at the heart of all concerns.[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_blockquote cite=”Cyril Dion, Demain's Director” type=”center”]”The most powerful thing about human beings is their ability to tell stories. Everything is a story. If we want to engage people in a strong movement of societal change, we must be able to tell a new story that allows people to tell themselves a new story that will be about something else than progress, consumerism and the industrial revolution in which we live at the moment “[/x_blockquote][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]Starting from a very grim observation, the study Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere which announced a collapse of all the ecosystems, Demain’s directors manage to tell such a new story and to embark the public with them. Divided into five chapters – Agriculture, Energy, Economy, Democracy & Education – the movie sets out to meet committed citizens who create innovative and promising projects. The team traveled in 10 countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, India, Iceland, Sweden Switzerland, UK & USA.[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” class=”cs-ta-center” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_image type=”none” src=”https://greennews.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Demain_Copenhagen.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]Finally, the great merit of Demain is to succeed in getting citizens out of the lethargy which is theirs to face the sinister political situation all over the world. The message is that to believe that politics will solve all problems is Utopian. But it is still possible to introduce change at the individual level and that it has a major impact.[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]A new world is in motion. And Demain makes you want to be part of it. Therefore run to watch it. You are guaranteed that you will have only one desire after the viewing: start your own vegetables garden.[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” class=”cs-ta-center” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_icon_list][cs_icon_list_item title=”Official website of the movie” type=”play” link_enabled=”true” link_url=”https://www.demain-lefilm.com/en” link_new_tab=”false”]Official website of the movie[/cs_icon_list_item][cs_icon_list_item title=”Where to watch the movie in UK (and maybe someday in Ireland)” type=”play” link_enabled=”true” link_url=”https://transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/tomorrow-demain-available-last-uk/” link_new_tab=”false”]Where to watch the movie in UK (and maybe someday in Ireland)[/cs_icon_list_item][cs_icon_list_item title=”Also available in DVD here” type=”play” link_enabled=”true” link_url=”#https://www.colibris-laboutique.org/home/98-dvd-du-film-demain.html” link_new_tab=”true”]Also available in DVD here[/cs_icon_list_item][/cs_icon_list][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-justify” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]– Cyril Dion’s Quote: « Pour changer la société, il faut raconter une nouvelle histoire » on Reporterre (in french)
– Featured image: an image from the shooting of Demain in England. Credit: www.demain-lefilm.com[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_author title=”About the Author” author_id=””][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]
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