TerraForma is the story of the remote volcanic island of Ascension, which sat smouldering for a million years largely devoid of life, until its radical transformation by process of 'terraforming' into a tropical paradise.
But there is more to this island than meets the eye. The Victorian naturalists who transformed this island reshaped the ecology to fit the political and economic demands of their society - but only at the expense of what existed before it. The new environment, seemingly a paradise, was in fact a mirage. A mirror image of their ambition, their empire, and their understanding of the world. And as such it was doomed to fail. Many believe that future plans to geo-engineer our planet, or terraform others, would simply follow the same pattern.
With the help of experts in the fields of geo-engineering, ecology, politics, and design, TerraForma explores the lessons we could learn from Ascension Island. And what its story may mean for our planet, in a future where terraformed landscapes and human-engineered environments may come to warp our understanding of 'nature' itself.
Annual Science New Wave Festival 2023, USA | US Architecture and Design Film Festival 2023 US/CA | SunChild Festival, 2024, AR | Transmediale, 2024 DE | DOCVILLE - International Documentary Film Festival, 2024 BE | Academia Film Olomouc, 2024 CZ | Architecture & Design Film Festival, 2024 NZ | SHAPESHIFT FESTIVAL, 2024 BG | BelDocs, 2024 RS | Galway Film Fleadh, 2024 IR | SILBERSALZ, 2024 DE | FMD, 2024 EG | ArchFilm, 2024 SE | Auteur Film Festival, 2024 RS | PARISCIENCE, 2024 FR | Zagreb Film Festival, 2025 CR | (Special Screening) Sarajevo Film Festival, 2025 BA | Ljubljana International Film Festival, 2025 SL | Architexture, 2025 IT | BARQ, 2025 ES
ein Film von Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon
Brasilien 2025, 119 Minuten, OF mit dt. UT
"So sexy wie smart" Screen Daily
Mi, 11.2., 20.40, KIZ Royal Kino, Graz
Mo 16.2., 20.00, Votivkino Wien
Di 19.2., 20.10, Volkskino Klagenfurt
Mo 25.2., 20.30 Cinematograph Innsbruck
Ein Film von Martin Nguyen
10.2. Wiener Kinostart-Premiere: VILLAGE CINEMA
17.30 Signierstunde RENATE WELSH, anschliessend 18.30 Film + Gespräch mit Martin Nguyen und Renate Welsh
In Kooperation mit der Tageszeitung KURIER und THALIA TICKETS
13.2., 20.00 Innsbruck - Premiere im LEOKINO, mit Regisseur Martin Nguyen
Ab 13.2. in folgenden Kinos:
Wien: Village Cinema, Admiralkino (ab 20.2.)
Innsbruck: Leokino
Wels: Programmkino Wels
22.2., 13.00 Matinée im Filmhaus, mit RENATE WELSH, TICKETS
27.2., 18.30 Graz-Premiere mit Renate Welsh und Martin Nguyen
Ab 27.2. in folgenden Kinos:
Moviemento Linz
KIZ Royal Graz
6.3., Kino im Kesselhaus, mit Regisseur Martin Ngyuen
10.3. Klagenfurt: 18.00 Lesung Renate Welsh im Musilinstitut, 19.30 Filmvorführung im VOLKSKINO mit Martin Nguyen und Renate Welsh
Weitere Kinos folgen
Ein Film von Reinhard Tötschinger
13.2., 14.2., 15.2., 20.2. und 21.2. Bruck an der Leitha
Ein Film von Jasmila Žbanic
weitere Termine in Kürze
Nächste Termine in Kürze
Erlebt echte Kinomomente bei euch im Ort!
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Kino Vod Club, Watch AUT
A film by Othmar Schmiderer
Market-Premiere@ EFM / BERLINALE
Sunday 15th February, 2.45 pm,
Cinemaxx 18
11 - 17 Feb BERLINALE / EM