We believe that “green films” matter! It’s time for more European engagement and a platform to give European “green film-makers” a voice to stand up. Therefore we are proud to work with the best partners in order to present you an innovative and exciting film festival program in Namur!

The EuroGlobe film festival in Namur consists of two parts. GREEN HORIZONS Part 1 (27th August) is a feature film evening in cooperation with our partner FIFF, the International Festival of the French-speaking Film. This evening’s film program deals with the subject of water shortage, which is a direct consequence of global warming. First, we show an animated short cut and then continue with a full-length feature film. Both projections will eventually give rise to an exciting debate in the screening room in the presence of invited guests.

For GREEN HORIZONS Part 2 (28th August), a short cuts program, the Festival Nature Namur and the short film festival Média 10-10 are our exclusive partners. Together with them and international film rental agencies, we have selected the best films to be shown during the EuroGlobe 2.0 festival in Namur. The public will see a mixture of short films of varied styles. In order to culminate in a true European spirit, we will also present three German films from the German International Film Festival (Berlinale).

In an old fisherman’s village the sea has run dry. Water shortage has been making life difficult. Men left to search for work in other places. Among the children who stayed in the village, Boris and Toumbil are united by a strong friendship. One day, the parents of Boris will decide to leave and head north for a better life, even if they have to leave everything in the village. Surrounded by this desolate landscape, nonetheless, the children keep on playing and the stranded ships remain for them a wonderful playing ground.

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other hand there is the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few sheep, some goats and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. A tale of exodus, quest, hope and fatality.

“Sounds of Sand” is a story of exodus, quest, hope and fatality.

The Water Diary is one of the eight short stories that make up the film «8» - 8 stories for the eight Millennium Development Goals. The aim of these eight goals, which have been adopted by 191 governments, is to reduce poverty in the world by half by 2015. Eight film makers have a free hand to deal with one of the goals. Jane Campion with The Water Diary highlights the seventh goal: ensure environmental sustainability.

In Australia, eleven year old Ziggy writes in her diary about the many sad things that are happening during the worst drought in history. She also talks about the frequent dreams people in her town have about water. In one of the dreams, Felicity, the most beautiful and talented girl in her town, plays the viola on top of an empty water tank to try and bring back the rain.

In Djambali all water resources have been monopolized to fill the luxurious swimming pool of Sir Lion. A rash giraffe has decided that this situation has lasted long enough. Its action will have heavy consequences: it will be expelled from its country … and it is not so easy for a giraffe to arrive in Mirzapolis, a northern town solely inhabited by dogs.

The water over the earth, the sky over the water and as if it did’nt seem like it, the fire to light the floods. At the beginning the four elements are in step with each other and everything flows. As the days go by, the fire inexorably imposes its rules. This documentary is a breathtaking parable on global warming experienced by the inhabitants of a pond.

A man dreams about shaping the world with his hands. A nice tale narrated with the help of skillful paper folding (Origami).

A poetic exploration of a German myth – the forest. As if in trance, the camera’s gaze glides over tunnel-like avenues of woodland monocultures, leading the viewer through green spaces created by humankind, ensnarling itself in the chaotic structures of primeval forests and eventually finding its way out via an artificial clearing.

… a series of events run out of control on the background of globalization and climate disaster.

“The blink of an eye. Images emerge from dazzling white and disappear again, as if the eyes must first adjust to the light. While the camera follows a slow-moving river on the edge of a tropical metropolis an off-screen voice reads a sales rep’s report to a company’s board of directors. As the narration progresses it becomes increasingly laden with self-doubt and accusations. ‘The conquest of the earth … is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.’ (Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1899)” (Gerald Weber).

Three little sparrows in a sunny clearing in the woods are disturbed by a loud, droning noise produced by a bird that can’t fly, but is kept aloft by a propeller. The three sparrows cleverly manoeuvre their alleged aggressor into the fork of tree where the flying machine gets caught. And so the little flock of birds comes face to face with this individualist.