Cine Wonders: Future Council

Eight young people take the ultimate road trip across Europe. Their goal? To seek solutions to our greatest ecological challenges. Future Council is a coming-of-age journey that dares to imagine a brighter future.

Inviting eight schoolchildren from around the globe to take a ride on his vegetable-oil-powered, bright-yellow school bus, filmmaker Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) sets out to make a movie that plays as “School of Rock meets An Inconvenient Truth”. This colourful touring party confronts multinational uber-polluters, talks to politicians, discovers cutting-edge work at eco-minded organisations, has heartfelt discussions about eco-anxiety and marvels at the natural splendour of some of Europe’s most beautiful forests and lakes.

Continuing the socially driven work of his previous films, Gameau delivers a rousing tribute to youthful spirit. Future Council gathers a host of inspiring young minds who are frustrated by societal inaction, and shepherds them into the offices and meeting rooms of those in positions of power. With hope and humour it offers an optimistic portrait of what could be possible if adults actually listen to the kids set to inherit the (increasingly unhabitable) Earth.