Welcome to a screening and discussion on ecocide, in collaboration with CEMUS (Uppsala University).
 

Ecocidio is a scientific documentary directed by sub-Antarctic scientific explorer, documentary filmmaker, and cinematographer Rodrigo Polić, and produced by Aysén Films. The film poses a central, uncomfortable question to the viewer: what causes more pollution—a forestry company, mining operations, salmon farming, or the city where you live? Its central premise is that severe assaults on ecosystems should be recognized and prosecuted as universal crimes.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Rodrigo Polić (director), Sebastian Kirppu (forest biologist), and Pia Björstrand (lawyer).

The film is in Spanish with English subtitles, and the discussion will be held in English.

Rodrigo Polić is a filmmaker, cinematographer, and scientific explorer of Patagonia, known for undertaking daring solo kayaking expeditions to document the natural environment of Chilean Patagonia and for collaborating with scientists to film and study Chile's far south.
 

Sebastian Kirppu is a forest biologist, lecturer, course leader and expert in forestry who has long worked with nature value inventories of forests, especially boreal forests (coniferous forests) and is committed to forest biodiversity. He is currently working for Protect the Forest as a biologist, inventor and forest ambassador in Sweden and internationally, and also gives guest lectures and courses on the forest and its ecosystem at folk high schools, colleges/universities, as well as forest companies and authorities.