ABOUT A TRUE PARADISE

my name is Dirk Wilutzky, I am a filmmaker and film producer in Berlin. Together with my wife Mathilde Bonnefoy we produced the film CITIZENFOUR about the historic revelations of mass surveillance by Edward Snowden in 2014. Mathilde also edited the film. Both of us, as well as the director of the film, were awarded an Academy Award (Oscar) for this work.

About 10 years ago Mathilde and I filmed and produced, in coproduction with the German-French TV channel ARTE, a series of short documentaries entitled: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? For a just and sustainable future of humanity. It consisted of 30 inspiring 10 to 14-minute short films, each with a single protagonist whom we a llowed to have a direct and uncensored voice. We spoke with: Gro Brundtland, Dennis Meadows, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Maude Barlow, Naomi Oreskes, Rob Hopkins, Jakob von Uexküll, Stéphane Hessel, Scilla Elworthy, David Suzuki, Dirk Messner, Achim Steiner and many more.

Now, Mathilde and I are once again filming a series of short films on the same subject, this time as part of a UN-UNIVERSITY endeavour called:

The Transformative Urban Coalitions project (TUC)

It was initiated by Ani Dasgupta (WRI) and Dirk Messner (BUNDESUMWELTAMT) and strives to achieve socially inclusive, fast and radical CO2-emissions reductions in five selected pilot cities in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, through cooperation between social, scientific and political actors in dedicated ‘Urban Labs’.

Our specific role is to tell the truth about the urgency of the situation and to convince everybody to engage in this extremely important fight for better urban futures and real global sustainability and zero-carbon emissions.

The title of this new short film series is

A TRUE PARADISE

The idea behind this title is that if we would now do the necessary to avoid the climate catastrophe for billionhs of people, then we will do exactly what is necessary to create a true paradise: solidarity, just and meaningful.

But we have to do it now. Now!

Short Films in production and planned

(2023 - 2026)

1) INTRODUCTION

Johann Rockström     AN EXISTENCIAL THREAT

Kevin Anderson

WHERE ARE WE HEADING?

Christina Figueres

OVERCOIMG PARALYSIS

Kevin Anderson

EQUITY

Friederike Otto

ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY

Mariama Williams

WHAT IS NEO-COLONIALISM?

Magda Leon

WHAT IS ECO-FEMINISM?

Maisa Rojas

WHAT IS CLIMATE JUSTICE?

n.n.

WHAT WILL IT COST?

Alberto Acosta

BUEN VIVIR

María F. Espinosa

DEBT RELIEF FOR GREEN AND INCLUSIVE RECOVERY

2)

THE ROLE OF CITIES

Ani Dasgupta

THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF CITIES

Debra Roberts

A SEAT AT THE TABLE

David Escobar

TRUST

Debra Roberts

BOUNDARY PEOPLE

Rob Hopkins

TRANSITION COMMUNITIES

SHIFTING MINDS

BUILDING WITH LOCAL MATERIALS

NATURAL INSULATION

Jo Schellnhuber

A SILVER BULLET?

SMALL SCALE SOLAR SYSTEMS

URBAN NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS

COMMUNITY GARDEN & PLAYGROUNDS

URBAN FARMING

SPONGE CITIES

REDESIGNING MOBILITY

CRADLE TO CRADLE

Christina Takua

A DIFFERENT EDUCATION

HEALTHY VEGAN LOW CARBON NUTRITION

ANOTHER LIFESTYLE IS POSSIBLE

3) EPILOGUE

PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING

Tim Jackson

A JUST AND GREEN GLOBAL ECONOMY

Bill McKibben

MAXIMIZE POLITICAL PRESSURE

CRISIS COMMUNICATION

NON-VIOLENT CIVIL RESISTANCE

LEADING BY EXAMPLE