1 December 2009
The Finnish documentary film Recipes for Disaster (Katastrofin aineksia) by John Webster (photo) is popular not only in film circles but also with world governments, as the United Nations' Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is coming to a close.
In Ireland, the film has been invited by Eamon Ryan, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to be screened at the ‘Green Screen tour of films'. In Germany, the Goethe Institute is screening it as part of a world wide campaign to provide information on climate change, and in the US, Recipes for Disaster was broadcasted four times in November on Discovery's Planet Green channel, a pay TV with 46 million subscribers. The 2008 Jussi winner for Best Documentary has so far been sold to over 22 territories by Deckert Distribution, including Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the US. In February 2010, it will represent Finland at the EU's The Windows to Europe Film Festival tour in Australia and New Zealand.
The film was produced by Millennium Film with support from Nordisk Film & TV Fond.