The Future Makers

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Comment by Krissoula Syrmis on November 27, 2009 at 1:32pm

Hi

please find attached, an invitation to The Future Makers screening Dec 9 Randwick Ritz being sponsored by GoGet Cars and Randwick Council. Please feel free to forward it on.
There is some info below about the film, the evening and further contact details.


Thanks and I hope to see you there!

all the best

Maryella and Krissoula

The Future Makers documentary

“An exciting snapshot of the emerging sustainable energy industry in Australia” - Sara Phillips, G Magazine.
With recent attention on global warming, there's been a big focus on the problem, but what about the solutions?
THE FUTURE MAKERS tells the story of eminent scientists in Australia who are leading the way on the world stage in
renewable energy. This Australian documentary explores the visions of these leaders and follows them as their projects unfold.
Directed by Maryella Hatfield, and co-produced with Lisa Duff and Krissoula Syrmis, THE FUTURE MAKERS had its world
television premiere on Discovery Channel’s Planet Green programming block.
People creating solutions that won't cost the earth.

Video Previews:
http://www.youtube.com/user/thefuturemakers1
Watch the film at the Randwick Ritz
Q and A panel will follow with UNSW solar PV scientist and Eureka Prize winner Nicole Kuepper,
UNSW solar thermal expert Professor Graham Morrison, GoGet Car’s Bruce Jeffreys, Randwick Council members and
The Future Makers’ director Maryella Hatfield
For more about the film:
www.thefuturemakers.com.au
Reviews
http://www.thefuturemakers.com.au/news.php
Award Nominations and Film Festivals
The Future Makers has been nominated for the Asian TV Awards 2009 and the
Zayed Future Energy Prize 2010
It has been screened in a number of festivals including:
The Rhode Island Film Festival 2009
The Toronto Planet in Focus Film Festival 2009
And will be screening in a number of upcoming festivals including:
The 7th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival 2010
Here’s what people have been saying about The Future Makers:
“This is a fantastic, inspiring documentary. All politicians and the media should consider this compulsory viewing.
Australia has so much to gain when it comes to embracing renewable energy”.
Leon Young , Change 2
“The power of Maryella Hatfield's documentary is to corral (the scientists together).
The future-makers' collective might send a chill through the coal industry, which they consider a 19th-century relic on its
last gasp. This isn't Green Left Weekly talking but hard-nosed scientists getting down to the competitive business of making
energy in the 21st century.
Rick Feneley, The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/its-the-ultimate-hottie/2008/12/02/1227980018684.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
“It's a great doco. As I was watching it, I felt inspired by the fact that so much amazing technology was being developed
right here in Australia. Until funding dropped away, Australia was a world leader in photovoltaic technolgy - that's solar
panels.
And we're right up with the rest of the world in developing wave power and solar thermal power.
We're also far advanced in geothermal technology, otherwise known as "hot rocks".
Sara Phillips, G Magazine - http://www.gmagazine.com.au/blog/482/australian-film-premiere
Screenings and DVD
The Future Makers film has been screened for audiences ranging from Discovery Channel, to universities, corporates,
conferences, community and for small group discussions.
The film is a great springboard for discussion and ideas generation on Australia’s energy futures, sustainable design and
new ways of thinking about a “green economy”. If you or your organisation is interested in using the film for similar purposes, please contact us at:
dvd@thefuturemakers.com.au
If you would like speakers to attend screenings:
admin@thefuturemakers.com.au
Otherwise,
maryella@thefuturemakers.com.au
Director/co-Producer Maryella Hatfield

Comment by Leon Young on November 19, 2009 at 9:51am

Congratualtions Krissoula. Excellent news.

Comment by Krissoula Syrmis on November 19, 2009 at 9:42am

The Future Makers film has been nominated in the Asian TV Awards 2009 for Best Social Awareness Program. Fingers crossed!
www.asiantvawards.comThe
Source: www.asiantvawards.comThe
The 2009 Nominations List | Asian Television Awards 2009Source: www.asiantvawards.comThe
Asian Television Awards is designed to recognize and reward program and
production excellence. This is a non profit making event with all
positive contribution goes towards the ATA Sponsorship Fund, which was
set up to assist students to further their studies in broadcasting
related courses.

Comment by Krissoula Syrmis on July 7, 2009 at 3:19pm

Hi

just letting you know that the film is going to air again this week, during the day. It is also being screened at the Powershift conference. Please feel free to forward it on. Many thanks!

Hope you are well

best regards
krissoula and maryella


THE FUTURE MAKERS

“An exciting snapshot of the emerging sustainable energy industry in Australia” - Sara Phillips, G Magazine.

THE FUTURE MAKERS tells the story of key Australians leading the way on the world stage in renewable energy. Some are designing a future based on models in nature. Others are creating a sustainable energy model for a 21st C economy. People creating solutions that won't cost the earth.

Co-produced with Discovery Channel and Screen Australia by independent film-makers; director Maryella Hatfield, producer Lisa Duff and editor Kris Syrmis, this documentary shows what’s happening now to create a clean energy landscape for our future.

A finalist for Discovery Ignite , an initiative giving independent filmmakers in Australia and New Zealand, the opportunity to pitch documentaries for local co-production -


THE FUTURE MAKERS encores in July on Discovery Channel.

Tuesday 7 July at 9.30am
Thursday 9 July at 12.30pm
Sunday 12 July at 8.30am

www.thefuturemakers.com.au

reviews: http://thefuturemakers.com.au/news.php

The film will also be screened followed by a Q and A session and panel with the director and scientists at the POWERSHIFT CONFERENCE on Saturday 11 July. Organisers say 3000 young people will gather in Sydney over this weekend, for the biggest youth climate event Australia has seen.


http://www.youthclimatecoalition.org/powershift/