The British Embassy and British Council are working with this year’s International Rome Film Festival as part of the focus on the environment and climate change. From 15-23 October a number of free events will be taking place on these themes, in particular with the participation of the “Cape Farewell” project.

Sunday 18 October: an encounter with David Buckland, Jarvis Cocker and Nick Stringer. Moderator: Sylvie Coyaud

A  Special Event at the Sala Sinopoli, Auditorium to meet David Buckland, Director of Cape Farewell, and the rock star Jarvis Cocker.  David Buckland will show extracts from his forthcoming film “Disko Bay” and Jarvis Cocker will give a musical performance. They will be joined by the Film Director Nick Stringer (Director of The Incredible Journey of the Turtle”).  The event will be moderated by the broadcaster Sylvie Coyaud.

A series of “Arctic Café” events on a variety of themes:

• Friday 16 October: EDUCATION: with Quentin Cooper and Suba Subramaniam
  
  
• Saturday 17 October: CINEMA: with David Buckland, David Hinton, Peppe Ruggiero and Esmeralda Calabria
  
  
• Sunday 18 October: MUSIC: with Jarvis Cocker and Max Eastley
  
  
• Monday 19 October: ARCHITECTURE: with Peter Clegg and Mario Cucinella
  
  
• Tuesday 20 October: ART: with David Buckland and Dan Harvey
  
  

All events take place in the Auditorium Art Space from 18.00 and are free and open to the public.

About Cape Farewell

Working internationally, Cape Farewell brings artists, scientists and communicators together to use their talents and inspiration to communicate on a human scale the urgency of the global climate challenge. Cape Farewell is widely acknowledged to be the most significant sustained artistic response to climate change anywhere in the world. Since 2003 Cape Farewell has led 7 expeditions to the Arctic to experience the effects of climate change firsthand.

"Climate change is a reality. Caused by us all, it is a cultural, social and economic problem and must move beyond scientific debate. Cape Farewell is committed to the notion that artists can engage the public in this issue, through creative insight and vision. The Arctic is an extraordinary place to visit. It is a place in which to be inspired, a place which urges us to face up to what it is we stand to lose."        

David Buckland

Notes for Editors

The complete programme for the Film Festival can be found at www.romacinemafest.it

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