Why We Fight / Pourquoi on se bat + Q&A with director Camille Étienne

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with French director and environmental activist Camille Étienne. It will take place at the Goethe-Institut Glasgow as part of the event Rewilding Scotland: From Past to Future which will close the Earth Month 2025. 

Camille Etienne, a young activist decides to set sail in a boat with two friends on a journey to the edge of the world to see for herself the effects of climate change. This will be only the first leg of a multifaceted odyssey that will lead the protagonists to test themselves, first and foremost, with their own fears and contradictions. While immobility reigns at the summits of world power, the documentary recounts with breathtaking photography the metamorphosis of nature in consonance with the transformations of the young protagonists, capable of intimately questioning themselves in a rapidly changing world.

Camille Etienne has become the prominent face of the French generation dedicated to addressing the climate emergency. Her impactful speech at the Medef 2020 Summer University and her video “Réveillons-nous” (“Let’s wake up”) propelled her into the worldwide spotlight. Solal Moisan is director and videomaker. His video clip for “The Witcher” gained over 1.6 million views on YouTube. He has also directed 10 videos for the collective On Est Prêt, including “Imagine, on le fait”.