PARK CITY, Utah — Montreal photographer-turned-filmmaker Matthieu Rytz hopes his debut film will put the plight of the tiny Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati on the map. The Republic of Kiribati is in danger of being engulfed by rising water levels or wiped out by new patterns of extreme weather, all sparked by climate change. Kiribati gets overlooked because people tend to hone in on melting glaciers as evidence of climate change, says Tong. What the global community does today in response to climate change won’t save Kiribati, says Tong. “Will there be a place for their children?”——On the web: http://www.anotesark.com— Telefilm Canada contributed to the cost of Linda Barnard’s trip to the Sundance Film Festival.

Source: National Post January 19, 2018 17:06 UTC