AGE OF STUPID By Frannie Armstrong
THE AGE OF STUPID
by Frannie Armstrong
FRANNIE ARMSTRONG - DIRECTOR
Multi-award-winning documentary director Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out) and Oscar-winning producer John Battsek (One Day In September, Restrepo) pioneered the now ubiquitous "crowd-funding" model to finance the film, and then spent four years following seven real people's stories to be interweaved with Pete Postlethwaite's fictional character.
LIZZIE GILLETT - PRODUCER
Lizzie managed 105 people in six countries as producer of The Age of Stupid. Alongside Franny she pioneered the enormously successful "crowd-funding" scheme raising £900,000 from 300+ people. She produced Stupid’s Global Premiere, featuring Kofi Annan and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.
FILM SYNOPSIS
The Age of Stupid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, The Usual Suspects, Brassed Off) as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking back at old footage from our time and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM - After film discussion with Producer Lizzie Gillett
