"HOME"
A View From Above That Will Change Your World
A Film By: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Produced By: Luc Besson & Denis Carot | Narrated By: Glenn Close
As a Gift to New York City, Yann Arthus-Bertrand is offering the public
Free Admission to all Village East Cinema screenings of "HOME"
from February 4-10, 2011
Tickets are available at www.VillageEastCinema.com and at the Village East Box Office
(12th St @ 2nd Ave)
Yann Arthus-Bertrand is in New York for interviews
January 31st-February 6th
Contact for DVDs & Interviews with Director:
Erin Bruce, Falco Ink., (212) 445-7100, ErinBruce@FalcoInk.com
Screening Times, Press Notes, Artwork & Trailer available at:
Directed by photographer and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand and narrated by Glenn
Close, “HOME” takes you on a visually stunning, spectacular voyage around the world. It is a
unique film that approaches the current debate about climate change from a whole new angle,
giving the viewer the opportunity to see how our earth is changing. Going well beyond the
scientific reports, charts and graphs, this film is an inspiration that speaks to our hearts and
touches our souls.
Humans have upset the balance of planet Earth. We must act now. It's too late to be a pessimist.
The price is too high. Humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend and change its patterns
of consumption.
Spanning 54 countries and 120 locations, all seen from the air, the film captures the Earth's most
amazing landscapes, showcasing its incomparable beauty and acknowledging its vulnerability.
“HOME” is an emotional reminder of what is at stake: the Earth, in all its beauty, and the
people who live on it. With this film, Arthus-Bertrand hopes to provide a stepping-stone to
further the call to action to take care of our HOME and encourage viewers to become good “eco-
citizens.”
“HOME” is the first film made using only aerial footage. The film marks Yann Arthus-
Bertrand's feature film directorial debut. The movie is carbon offset. This means that all of the
CO2 emissions engendered by making the film are calculated and offset by sums of money that
are used to provide clean energy to those who don't have any. For the last ten years, all the work
of Yann Arthus-Bertrand has been carbon offset.
“HOME” is a non-for-profit film project, produced by film director and producer Luc Besson
(Europacorp), Denis Carot (Elzevir Films) and supported by François-Henri Pinault of PPR
Group, the branding portfolio that handles Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and several other luxury
brands. In the United States, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment represents the film.
After completing the amazing imagery of "HOME," Yann Arthus-Bertrand began his next
journey around the world by screening the film for free wherever there was an audience curious
to experience it. The journey began on World Environment Day, June 5, 2009, when the film
was released worldwide across all media platforms -- theater, television, DVD and Internet. Free
screenings took place across 5 continents. Since then, more than 400 million people have
watched "HOME."
Yann Arthus-Bertrand's next journey brings him back to New York City, a city he loves, where
several events inspired by "HOME" culminates in a one-week run of free screenings, from
February 4-10, 2011, at the Village East Cinemas in New York.
ABOUT YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND
Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a world famous French photographer, filmmaker and
environmentalist who has always had a passion for the animal and natural
world. Some of his works include Lions, Six Billion Others -- Climate Voices,
Earth from Above, 365 Days to Think About Our Planet and New York From
the Air. He founded Altitude, the world's first aerial photography agency. His
foundation GoodPlanet works with individuals, companies and institutions to
help improve their environmental awareness in a variety of ways, including
campaigns to help groups reduce their carbon footprints by 10% in a year.
GoodPlanet Junior is a collaboration with the French League of Education to teach students how
to be good eco-citizens. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP). After the release of HOME, his next project is to launch the official UN
declaration of 2011 as the "International Year of the Forest," by producing a short-film, a book,
an educational poster campaign and an exhibition on the theme of FORESTS.
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