Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.
Director-screenwriter: Damon Gameau
Producers: Nick Batzias, Anna Kaplan, Virginia Whitwell, Damon Gameau
Cinematographer: Hugh Miller
Editor: Jane Usher
Music: Bryony Marks
‘An accessible, informative and optimistic look at solutions to the climate crisis.’
– The New York Times
‘Gameau illustrates that transformative change is not only necessary, but possible.’
– LA Times
2040 is a hybrid feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important NOW!
The 2040 journey began with award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film). Motivated by concerns about the planet his 4-year-old daughter would inherit, Damon embarked on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers in the areas of economics, technology, civil society, agriculture, education and sustainability. Drawing on their expertise, he sought to identify the best solutions, available to us now, that would help improve the health of our planet and the societies that operate within it. From marine permaculture to decentralised renewable energy projects, he discovered that people all over the world are taking matters into their own hands.
This journey is the central premise for the documentary ‘2040’, a story of hope that looks at the very real possibility that humanity could reverse global warming and improve the lives of every living thing in the process. It is a positive vision of what ‘could be’, instead of the dystopian future we are so often presented.
Damon Gameau is an Australian film director, speaker and author. As a director he wrote, directed, and performed vocals for the 2011 Tropfest-winning short film ‘Animal Beatbox’. In 2015 he turned to activism with his debut feature documentary ‘That Sugar Film’, which sold to 25 territories and received numerous awards, including the 2015 AACTA Award for Best Documentary. His campaign book ‘That Sugar Book’ was a bestseller in Australia and published in 20 countries and 8 languages. Damon then directed the climate solutions feature documentary ‘2040’ and authored an accompanying book ‘2040: a Handbook for the Regeneration’. Both films sit in the top 10 highest grossing Australian documentaries at the domestic box office. Damon then co-founded Regen Studios with Anna Kaplan where together they work with philanthropists and partners to build comprehensive impact campaigns for their films, raising money for ecological solutions and awareness in classrooms, boardrooms, and Parliaments around the world. Recent projects include ‘Regenerating Australia’ and the upcoming ‘Future Council’. Damon’s TEDx Sydney talk ‘went viral’ with over 1.2m views via the global TED platform.
Winner of Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award
Adelaide International Youth Film Festival 2019 – Winner of Jury Award
The International Vegan Film Festival 2021 – Jury Prize Winner,
Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2020 –
Screen Producers Australia Awards 2019 – SPA Award Nominee,
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 –
Seattle International Film Festival 2019 –
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