A three year self-described labour of love, 2040 takes the form of a visual letter from the filmmaker to his four-year-old daughter Velvet, showing her what the year 2040 could look like “if we simply embraced the best solutions that exist today.”
Direction
Gameau's visual letter format — personal without being saccharine.
Cinematography
Glossy speculative sequences that make 2040 look like an Apple ad.
Writing
Explains complex systems without patronizing.
Director
Damon Gameau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gameau crowd-funded portions through a 'regeneration' membership model — practice what you preach energy.
Released months before Australia's catastrophic 2019-20 bushfires, making its optimism feel almost radical retrospectively.
US
AU
