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» Prof Wangari Maathai
Green Belt Movement Founder and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner - Nairobi/Kenya

» Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Former chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference and 2005 Sophie-Prize winner -  Iqaluit, Nunavut

» Albert Maysles
Filmmaker NY, USA

» Øystein Dahle
Chairman Worldwatch Institute - Slependen, Norway

» Trond Giske
Minister of Culture and Church Affairs - Oslo, Norway

» Prof Ole D. Mjøs
Chair of the Norwegian Peace Nobel Comitee - Tromsø/Norway

» Helen Bjørnøy
Minister of Environment - Oslo, Norway

» Nick Bonner
Painter, cartoonist, landscape artist and filmmaker Beijing, China

» Jan-Gunnar Winther
Director of the Norwegian Polar Institutt - Tromsø/Norway

» Fernando Birri
Documentary filmmaker - Havanna/Cuba

» Peter Doyle
Documentary filmmaker - USA

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“Jonathan Brown and the Lost Penguin”
by Sarah Stephen & Nick Roffey, Australia

Our film tells the story of Jonathan Brown, an eccentric outback inventor, who must return an Emperor Penguin to Antarctica.  In so doing, he discovers the effects of climate change in Australia: the worst drought on record and devastating bushfires in Victoria.  His grandson Jack provides the voice of a new generation struggling to negotiate the mistakes of the past.

Logistically, pre-production has been quite difficult. Our principal problem has been the construction of the Emperor Penguin puppet. Realistically, we do not have the budget for such a puppet, but have been fortunate enough to commission someone who has agreed to work on the puppet for the love of it. Our second major prop is Jonathan Brown's ornithopter, which is also under construction. This is less of a problem, as we have constructed a similar prop ourselves in the past. We attach a photo of our earlier model. Our current hurdle involves securing stock footage and photographs to use as plates for blue screen shots, which can be quite expensive. We are acquiring these from photo libraries, weather bureaus and television stations, as well as intending to shoot plates ourselves.

Our locations are almost finalised, as is our cast and crew. We have also secured equipment, a studio for the blue screen work, and post-production facilities. We look forward to the shoot and the final product.

- Sarah Stephen and Nick Roffey

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