Overview
- The third Green Visions Potsdam began Thursday and runs through Sunday with screenings at the Filmmuseum Potsdam.
- Festival director Dieter Kosslick, former Berlinale head, said he hopes the event will be a "charm offensive" that brings people from rural areas into theaters.
- Organizers pair nature- and climate-focused films with live presentations and discussions by researchers to present climate protection both filmically and scientifically.
- Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Federal Environment Agency president Dirk Messner are participating in the program.
- Organizers argue Potsdam is an ideal host because its dense cluster of climate researchers and film production can model how cultural events may help counter falling cinema attendance and deepen public engagement with climate science.