When: between Nov 18th and Dec 18, 2025. And a virtual commentary on 18 Dec, 7-8.30pm (UCT+8)
Where: online
What is the actual price paid by humanity and the planet for endless economic growth?
This film connects local struggles in Europe against extractivism with broader debates on justice, democracy, and building alternatives to an economy not driven by profit, but by well-being.
Join the International Degrowth Network (IDN)'s Asia circle for an online screening of the new and highly anticipated film, The Cost of Growth (2025)!
1. 🎥 Stream the film on Kinema anytime before 18 Dec, 7pm, for USD 1 at https://kinema.com/events/The-Cost-of-Growth-p-h234
2. 💭Join our virtual commentary on 18 Dec, 7-8.30pm (UCT+8), free-of-charge. Sign up at https://tinyurl.com/cogdiscussion2025
The Cost of Growth follows climate activists Anuna De Wever and Lena Hartog as they travel through Italy, Serbia, and Sápmi, documenting grassroots resistance to extractivism. The film connects these local struggles with broader debates on war, justice, and democracy - showing how extractive violence is a form of structural warfare on communities and ecosystems.
Through intimate encounters with grassroots movements, the film weaves together voices from affected communities and leading thinkers—such as Fati N'Zi-Hassane, Vijay Prashad, Greta Thunberg and Jason Hickel - to interrogate who truly pays for growth, how growth is defended and how we move beyond.
This is a 100 % nonprofit project: funding raised through screenings is channelled back to campaigns on democratizing the economy and to support the communities and movements featured in the film.
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