S O L U T I O N S Inspiring Insights into a New Vision for Humanity
A New Documentary by Pernille Rose Grønkjær
STREAM ON AMAZON, APPLE TV & iTUNES Beginning September 12, 2023
In the desert of New Mexico, a group of scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators come together with an ambitious goal: to secure the future of humanity by creating a new and optimistic pathway into the future. Their expertise is diverse – from science and technology to economics, social studies and the business world.
Focusing on the rising gap between rapidly evolving 'physical' technologies (like artificial intelligence and automation) on the one hand, and our slowly responding cultural systems (government, education) on the other, the group identifies some of the major side effects: rising populism, financial instability, income inequality, and the breakdown of a collective conception of objective facts – all against the backdrop of climate change. Without a change in direction, worldwide turmoil will continue to grow.
Solutions offers deeply inspiring insights into a new vision for humanity, with concrete ideas that will pave the way for solving some of the world's most challenging problems.
OFFICIAL SELECTION CPH:DOX United Nations Film Festival Human Rights Film Festival Contemporary Science Film Festival (Moscow) International Film Festival of Popular Science and Educational films Bergen International Film Festival in Bergen InScience Film Festival Prague Science Film Fest Parisience Film Festival Transitions Film Festival in Melbourne Sustainable Living Film Festival (Turkey ) Docs Against
Gravity (Poland) Silbersalz Festival (Berlin) Kiez Berlin Film Festival Docville (Belguim) Shockfest Thessaloniki International Film Festival Seoul Eco Film Festival
110 minutes | color | English | 2021 Featuring: Steen Rasmussen, Eric Beinhocker, Doyne Farmer, Nick Hanauer, Klaus Lackner, Fotini Markopoulou, Andrew Shreve, Johan Bollen, Molly Crockett
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY – PERNILLE ROSE GRØNKJÆR
Pernille Rose Grønkjær (1973) is a member the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and she is an award-winning director and executive producer who founded the female-lead production company Danish Documentary Production in 2007.
Pernille graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1997. Her feature length documentary ”The Monastery – Mr. Vig and the Nun” (2006) won the Joris Ivens Award at IDFA, The Cinema Eye Award and 11 more awards the world over. The film was nominated for best film at The Spirit Awards, Sundance Film Festival and European Film Awards. Among other films she directed Love Addict (2011) the award winning “Genetic Me” (2014) and she made a grand national release in Denmark of “Comedian Mind” (2017) featuring Denmark’s most famous comedian Anders Matthesen. Early 2019 she
premiered the mind-boggling ‘Hunting for Hedonia’, which was selected as the opening film at CPH:DOX Science program 2019, and Pernille worked with academy award winning actress Tilda Swinton for the narration of the film. SOLUTIONS premiered in 2021 at CPH:DOX again as the opening film at CPH:DOX Science program.
AWARDS
Pierre Gilles de Gennes Award - Paris Science Film Festival / Prix Etudiant - Paris Science Film Festival / Best International Feature - Cinema Eye Award, New York / Best Documentary - Bodil Awards / Full Frame Grand Jury Award - Full Frame Festival, Durham / The Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award - Full Frame Festival, Durham / Chicago Doc Grand Prix - Chicago International Doc Festival / Millennium Award - Planete Doc Review Film Festival / The Kino magazine Award - Planete Doc Review Film Festival / Canvas Award - Docville Film Festival / FIPRESCI Award for Best Documentary - Sydney Film Festival / Audience Award - Moscow International Film Festival / The Joris Ivens Award - IDFA, Amsterdam