Tomas Krupa Shoots Eco Documentary ‘We Have to Survive’

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Zuzana Točíková Vojteková Guest ContributorSlovak director Tomáš Krúpa has started production on his creative documentary “We Have to Survive.” The Slovak/French/Austrian coproduction captures stories about climatic change impacts from four corners of the world, while leaving the smallest carbon footprint possible, Film New Europe reports.“By choosing local stories, we strive for social and ethnic diversity,” Krúpa told FNE. “We want to have representatives of different races and cultures so that the film has a global narrative value.

The mosaic story structure will allow the viewer to look into the lives of several characters and their families in places where climate change has been going on for a long time.”The development of the 100-minute documentary started at the end of 2019 and was slowed by the pandemic.

Production is planned for three years. The shoot started on location in U.S. and Mongolia, while Greenland and Australia are still in the scouting phase. “We Have to Survive” is meant to deliver a message about how global warming affects everyday life.

The main idea is that there is no predetermined destiny, only the future that we create. The effects of heat, drought, expanding deserts and floods are the main elements the film deals with.“We are trying to implement the project with the lowest possible carbon footprint, that is why we approached an ecoexpert, with whom we monitor the carbon data during the production.