Script: |
Pasi Toiviainen |
Director: |
Pasi Toiviainen |
Cinematography: |
Jyri Hakala |
Sound: |
Janne Laine |
Music: |
Janne Laine |
Production: |
Jarkko Hentula /Talent House |
Shooting: |
4/03–6/03 / suunn. ensi-ilta 1/04 |
Budget: |
226.342 € (SES 17.000 €) |
Actors: |
Charles Keeling |
Synopsis: |
The Venus Theory is a documentary film about the possibility of a sudden catastrophic climate change and the greenhouse effect spiralling out of control on the Earth. At the same time, it draws a picture of the greenhouse effect in general. The main character of the documentary is an American professor Charles Keeling, who proved the intensification of the greenhouse effect in the early 1960s and is still considered to be one of the pioneers in the world´s climate research. Many other leading climate researchers are also interviewed in the film.
We discover that the chances of our planet turning into a steaming hot furnace like the planet Venus are remote. The Earth will probably be saved by life itself, which significantly regulates the greenhouse effect. On the other hand, it has only recently been revealed that our climate change is much more radical than previously presumed. Though not all life on Earth would be destroyed by climate change, the immediate future of human civilisation still looks bleak.
The film´s audiovisual narration creates a 24-hour image of the Earth.
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Festivals: |
21st International TV Science Programme Festival, Paris, France, 27.–30.9.2004
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Awards & Prizes: |
21st International TV Science Programme Festival, Paris, France, 27.–30.9.2004
Special Prize of the Jury
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Production |
Talent House
Tallberginkatu 1 A 141
00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5407 8233
Fax. +358 9 540 78 210
Email. jarkko.hentula@juonifilmi.fi, mikko.tenhunen@matilarohr.com
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Distribution in Finland |
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland
Kaisaniemenkatu 2 B
00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 8562 9500
Fax. +358 9 8562 9550
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