FUTURE OF HOPE - dir. HENRY BATEMAN (a minority co-production)

Over the past 20 years we have seen a growing realization that the current model for society and culture is unsustainable. We have been living beyond our means... 

A character driven documentary following individuals that strive to change the world of consumerism, a system of credit and debt that the Icelandic economy was built upon for the past 10 years or more. Focusing on sustainable developments in nature, organic farming, business, innovation and renewable energy - filled with positivity and emotion as we are taken on a story of struggle, determination and most importantly...hope.

'Future of Hope' takes you on a journey from the history to the present and even into the future of a new and sustainable Iceland...

Original title: Future of Hope
English title: Future of Hope
Genre: Documentary
Language: English

Director: Henry Bateman
Animation: Una Lorenzen
Editor: Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
Sound design: Gunnar Steinn Úlfarsson
Music: Biggi Hilmarsson
Producer(s):Heather Millard
Co-producer(s): Herbert Sveinbjörnsson
Production company: Raven Films, Sweet Chilli Films
Co-production company: Edisons lifand ljósmyndir
Website: www.futureofhope.co.uk

Country: Iceland, UK
Length: 75 minutes
Sound: Stereo
Production format: HD
Aspect ratio: 1.78
Premiere date and year: September 3. 2010
International Premiere: November 18. 2010, IDFA

Festivals
2010:
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 17. - 28. 2010
2011:
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece, March 11. - 20.
The One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, March 8. - 17.
Worldfilm Festival, Tartu, Estonia, March 21. - 27.
Energy Film Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 30. - April 2.
Nordic Film Festival at Vienna Urania, Vienna, Austria, April.
Galway Film Fleadh, Galway, Ireland, July 5. - 10.
The Food Film Festival Kinookus, Feature Docs Competition, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 14 - 18.
Filmfest Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, September 29 - October 8.
Festival do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , October 6 - 18.
International TV Festival Bar, Bar, Montenegro, October 26 - 30.
HumanDOC International Documentary Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, November 12 - 17.

Additional Information
Future of Hope Press kit
Future of Hope Poster