About the screening

• Date: December 4, 2015
• Time: 7:00 p.m.
• Venue: LT8, 2/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK
• Enquires: 39439624 or [email protected]
• Registration: http://goo.gl/forms/F3GCrtd6rh
• ***Free admission***

The screening will be followed by a discussion (in English) on climate change and glaciers with Dr. Jérôme Chappellaz (CNRS Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement), scientific advisor of this documentary and Professor LIU Lin (Earth System Science Programme, CUHK), a Hong Kong-based glaciologist.

This event is co-organized by the Earth System Science Programme of CUHK and the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau

About the movie

In the midst of the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris, a special public screening of a French documentary Ice and the Sky (French: La Glace et le ciel) will be held in the evening on December 4, 2015 at CUHK. This film, produced and directed by Luc Jacquet, tells the life and the scientific accomplishments of Cloude Lorius, who was among the first scientists used ice core records extracted in Antarctica to study climate changes.
LANGUAGE: In French with English subtitles
YEAR RELEASED: 2015
PLAY TIME: 90 minutes
DIRECTOR: Luc Jacquet, director of the Oscar-winning March Of The Penguins
More information about the film and its associated education programme can be found at http://iceandsky.com/