Damon Gameau (top centre) and the Future Council.

A teaser trailer has dropped for Damon Gameau’s Future Council ahead of upcoming screenings at the Melbourne International Film Festival and CinefestOZ.

The Future Council – eight superhero kids from around the world – take the bio-fueled “Bumble Bus” to meet with some of the world’s largest companies who have the biggest impact on nature and our planet’s future.

Millions of children around the world are frustrated by the dire lack of action to protect the planet and their future. Until now, their only avenue to express these concerns has been protesting on the streets.

Director Damon Gameau (2040, The Sugar Film) invites eight children on an epic adventure across Europe in a school bus powered by biofuel/veggie oil.

Their mission is to better understand the planet’s predicament, explore solutions and, most importantly, take the conversation from the streets, into the boardrooms of some of the world’s largest polluters and influential companies.

This inspiring and rollicking journey, where School of Rock meets An Inconvenient Truth, results in the children forming a ‘Future Council’ to advise and influence the world’s most powerful companies on their decisions that impact nature.

Future Council will screen at the Melbourne International Film Festival from Sunday, 11 August. Details here.

Future Council will screen at CinefestOZ from Sunday, 1 September. Details here.

You can find out more about the film here. 

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