The below screenings already took place, or they are confirmed. If you want to organise your own screening, just go to “How to Watch“.
- World Premiere: Wellbeing Economy Forum in Iceland, Reykjavik, on June 11th, 2024. Including a panel discussion with Katherine Trebeck (protagonist), Lorenzo Fioramonti (protagonist), Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Club of Rome), and Martin Oetting (director, producer); moderated by Michael Weatherhead. Here is a short film on YouTube (9:30 min.) about the making of ‘Purpose’ and the premiere in Reykjavik.
- September 3rd, 2024, private screening (Australia): As part of the Future Leaders Program at Australian National University in Canberra, with Katherine Trebeck (participants only).
- September 19th 2024, UK premiere: At the Institute for Sustainability at the University of Surrey, with the Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti, and with Martin Oetting. The screening is part of Sustain Film Festival. Free tickets are available on Eventbrite.
- October 10th 2024, private screening (Germany): English version of ‘Purpose’ at the Berlin offices of Everyone Energy, in collaboration with Quartiermeister (invitation only). There will be a discussion afterwards with Martin Oetting, and with Saamah Abdallah, wellbeing measurement and policy scholar at HotorCool.
- October 11th 2024, private screening (France).
- October 24th 2024, public screening (England): At the Crediton Arts Centre at 7.30 pm, hosted by Sustainable Crediton. Martin Oetting is joining by video conference. (No entrance fee but donations to the cost of the evening will be welcome.)
- November 10th 2024, private screening (France): With the founding group of the French WEAll hub.
- November 13th 2024, Australian Premiere: Followed by a conversation with Katherine Trebeck — at the Gang Gang Café in Canberra (6 – 9 pm). This is where you can get your tickets.
- November 14th 2024, Swiss Premiere: “films for future” Festival (Zurich), at Zentrum Carl der Grosse, starting at 6 pm, with Till Kellerhoff (Club of Rome) joining the post-film panel for a discussion with the audience – you can find details about the screening here.
- November 14th 2024, private screening (England): At The Conduit (members only), organised by The Conduit’s B Corp and Inner Development Goals communities. Members can book seats here.
- November 15th 2024, private screening (England): At the London School of Economics (students & faculty only), organised by the Department of Social Policy.
- November 18th 2024, public screening (Australia): At the Picture Showman Cinema in Merimbula, New South Wales, starting at 6 pm. Organised by Bega Valley Data.
- November 25th, 2024, Premiere of the German language version in Berlin: At City Kino Wedding — with live guests Franziska Brantner, Maja Göpel and Lorenzo Fioramonti. Here are some German-language information. (S0ld out.)
- November 27th 2024, private screening (New Zealand): Hosted by WEAll Aotearoa New Zealand at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington. It is closed to conference participants (part of the conference taking place on the following day).
- December 1st 2024, public screening (Germany): Cinema at E-Werk, Erlangen. You’ll find more details on this page, free entry. Martin Oetting will be on the panel after the film; additional participants still tbd.
- December 2nd 2024, public screening (Germany): At University Duisburg-Essen at 7 pm, lecture hall LX1203 (Lotharstraße), with Martin Oetting. We will be showing the English version. Free entry, just show up – here are the details.
- December 6th 2024, public screening (Australia): At the Theatre Royal Castlemaine, organised by the Mount Alexander Shire Council, with Katherine Trebeck participating. You can buy tickets here.
- December 6th 2024, private screening (Germany): In Hamburg, organised by www.komfortzonen.de.
- December 11th 2024, public screening (Australia): At the Windsor Cinema Nedlands (Perth), organised by Meri Fatin for WA Climate Leaders. You can buy tickets here. Katherine Trebeck will join remotely.
- December 12th 2024, public screening (Germany): At Kiel University, organised in collaboration with Rethinking Economics Kiel — 6 PM at Kiel University, CAP-2 Lecture Hall A. No tickets or registration required, just show up.
- December 12th 2024, public screening (Germany): In Bonn, in collaboration with the Pluralist Economics students group, at “Leerstand als Begegnungsraum“, Brüdergasse 11, starting at 8 pm. Martin Oetting will be attending. Free entry.
- January 14th 2025, first virtual private screening (Germany): In collaboration with HTW Berlin and HNE Eberswalde, the screening takes place virtually, with a post-screening video conference discussion; Martin Oetting will join.
- January 17th 2025, public screening (Germany): at 7 pm at Brasserie Hermann in Greifswald. Free entry, the event is public. Organised by LEKA-MV / KlikKS.
- January 22nd 2025, public screening (Germany): organised by Solare Zukunft e.V., at Wiesentalstrasse 25 in Freiburg. The German version will be shown; Martin Oetting will join for a discussion afterwards via video conference.
We are talking to NGOs, universities, community groups and companies in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada who are all interested in showing the film. We have also submitted ‘Purpose’ to a number of environmentally-/social-justice themed film festivals.