{"id":324420,"date":"2025-08-07T05:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324420\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T05:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:41:16","slug":"leonardo-dicaprio-film-to-be-screened-at-scottish-environmental-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324420\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo DiCaprio film to be screened at Scottish environmental film festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new film produced by Leonardo DiCaprio will make its Scottish debut at Montrose Playhouse as part of Scotland\u2019s only environmental film festival.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yanuni, a documentary about a Brazilian indigenous leader fighting to protect tribal lands from environmental ruin, debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 14th.<\/p>\n

It will serve as the closing film of the LandxSea festival, which will be held at the \u2018state of the art\u2019 community run cinema in Montrose between the 12th and 14th of September.<\/p>\n

Twenty-two independent films from Scotland and across the world will also be screened at the festival, which has been curated by director Rachel Caplan and You\u2019ve Been Trumped documentarian Anthony Baxter.<\/p>\n

A range of workshops are also held during the festival. (Image: Supplied) Caplan said: “This year\u2019s theme, Creative Ground, celebrates the vital role artists play in helping us navigate a changing climate. From Indigenous sci-fi to luminous orchestral film, the programme reflects our belief that imagination is essential for transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

BAFTA Scotland award-winner Baxter, who co-founded the festival in 2023, added: “It\u2019s incredible to see LandxSea grow into a national platform for environmental cinema, based right here in Montrose. We\u2019re proud to bring stories that inspire change to audiences of all ages.”<\/p>\n

Yanuni tells the story of Juma Xipaia, an indigenous Brazilian activist who has survived six assasination attempts from illegal miners and loggers.<\/p>\n

Xipaia, who became the first female chief in her region at the age of 24, told Yale Environment<\/a> 360: \u201cThese miners and loggers are heavily armed. They have no problem with threatening us. They want confrontation. And we are afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n

The activist, who attended COP26 in Glasgow three years ago, added: \u201cThere were 40 leaders from Brazil and the majority were women. The only reason there were so many of us was because there was a very large mobilization that started with us, that came from our organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not because we were invited or brought to this climate discussion, so much so that during the discussion itself, during the decision-making, there was no participation of any traditional peoples.<\/p>\n

\u201cOthers decided. They decided about our lives. They talked about our forests. They made decisions about our futures without our direct participation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe there needs to be greater involvement of the people,\u201d she said. \u201cIt needs to be democratized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the film’s producers.Other films to be screened at the festival include Lost For Words, which has been described as \u201ca poetic journey across Britain\u2019s landscapes and seasons,\u201d as well as Future Council, which follows the experiences of eight children across the world and their fight to hold business leaders accountable.<\/p>\n

Lowland Kids, a film about America\u2019s \u2018first climate refugees\u2019 will make its Scottish premiere, as well as North Sea, Nature Untamed, which depicts the North Sea<\/a> from the perspective of underwater cameraman Peter van Rodijnen.<\/p>\n

A family-friendly soundtrack workshop, live music, and a \u2018bracing\u2019 North Sea swim will also be held during the three day event.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old DiCaprio has long spoken out on environmental issues, dating back to 1998, when he founded a non-profit aimed at supporting climate initiatives.<\/p>\n

In June, the Academy Award winning actor welcomed the premiere of Yanuni, writing on Instagram: \u201cThe Amazon may feel far away, but its fate is tied to ours. I\u2019m proud to help bring Juma Xiapaia\u2019s story to life in Yanuni to showcase her work in protecting forests, culture and community in the Brazilian Amazon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese forests play a critical role in regulating the global climate through their vast biodiversity and are upheld by the Indigenous communities who have inhabited these lands for centuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir destruction by extractive industries isn\u2019t just an environmental issue, it\u2019s a human one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DiCaprio added: \u201cOur goal is for Yanuni to build powerful momentum behind Juma\u2019s mission\u2014affirming the sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples and recognizing the Brazilian rainforest, along with the megadiverse forests of Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as vital to the survival of our planet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn November when world leaders will gather for COP30 in the Amazon with an opportunity to pass two critical initiatives \u2013 establishing the Tropical Forests Forever Fund and urging countries to join the Intergovernmental Land Tenure Commitment \u2013 we hope they will honor Juma\u2019s indelible words: \u2018The forest is our mother; she feeds us even when we forget to thank her.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets to all screenings of LandxSea go on sale on Thursday at 12 pm at http:\/\/landxsea.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new film produced by Leonardo DiCaprio will make its Scottish debut at Montrose Playhouse as part of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[117173,117175,748,29022,117171,4884,117172,33878,113312,117170,117174,712,73349,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-324420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-bafta-scotland","9":"tag-brazilian-indigenous","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-changing-climate","12":"tag-environmental-ruin","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-juma-xipaia","15":"tag-leonardo-dicaprio","16":"tag-montrose","17":"tag-montrose-playhouse","18":"tag-rachel-caplan","19":"tag-scotland","20":"tag-tribeca-film-festival","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114985886214148142","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}