The End of the World

How do we relate to the concept of climate catastrophe on a personal level? The filmmaker draws a parallel between various threats of climate change and her own visceral and emotional experience of grieving after an immense and sudden loss, questioning her capacity to care about humanity yet nonetheless showing a glimmer of hope for the future.

Created in response to research on storytelling and Global Catastrophic Risk by Dr S.J. Beard, Dr Clarissa Rios Rojas, Dr Lorena Escudero and Dr Xiaolei Zhang, as a partnership between the University of Cambridge and Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts (CSVPA).

2023.

Written, directed and animated by Ali Aschman
Voiceover by Nicki Hobday
Sound by Michael Cranny
Additional animation by Lewis Heriz

This project was made possible by UKRI Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF), Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) and Economic and Social Research Council Fund (ESRC). Cambridge Creative Encounters is a University of Cambridge Public Engagement project.