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AT WAR WITH THE EARTH

Beautiful cinematic images of nature and the menacing human impact on it have become empty and ineffective clichés. The film At War With the Earth takes a different approach. It is the first adaptation of a philosophical concept - evolutionary ontology - synthesizing knowledge from many scientific disciplines. The film reveals that the conflict between nature/biosphere, and culture/technosphere is caused by a fundamental difference between the internal information that drives both the evolution of the biosphere and the evolution of culture. The filmmakers have prepared methodological materials for schools and initiated a program of teaching the basic ideas presented in the film.

  • Vladimir Kunz
    Director
    see Biography in Overview
  • Josef Šmajs
    Writer
  • Augustin Rosa
    Writer
  • Jaromír Herskovič
    Producer
  • Josef Šmajs
    Key Cast
  • František Derfler
    Key Cast
  • Robert Cejnar
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    VÁLKA SE ZEMÍ
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature, Television
  • Runtime:
    54 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 30, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    30,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Czech Republic
  • Country of Filming:
    Czech Republic
  • Language:
    Czech, English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Czech Television 8/2024 - https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/16239015256-valka-se-zemi/
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    August 16, 2024
    Czech Premiere
    Public Broadcast
Distribution Information
  • HERAFILM, Prague, Jaromír Herskovič, info@herafilm.cz , tel. +420 602 204 496
    Distributor
    Country: Czech Republic
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Vladimir Kunz

Born 1954 in Czech Těšín
1973-78 FAMU, Department of Documentary Films
1982-1990 Czech TV, editor educational programs, journalism, documentary
1990 Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, dramaturgy of video production
1994-2015 external cooperation with Czech TV, programs on science, technology and medicine
2015+ film commissions for state and public institutions and companies

Filmography (selection):
1984-7 Science for Practice (6x50´), 1990 How the World Saw Us (edited documentary with A. Hynková 53´),
1993 Hotel (parable of the superhotel and the Earth 40´),
1994 Answer to the Challenge (documentary for the World Ecological Center in New York, 17´),
1994-98 Telescope (weekly magazine V+T, 10´),
1999 - Dream of a High-Speed Train (superexpress trains in the Czech Republic, 37´),
1999 The Genes Controversy (genetically modified plants 30´),
Infovideo for Max Planck Institute Jena, Germany,
2000-7 Diagnosis (cycle on modern medicine 17x17´),
2008 Learned Society of the Czech Republic (representative film 50´),
2011 The Secret of Energy (educational program for the British Council 39´),
2003-6 Popularis (weekly V+T 160x27´), 2007-12 PORT (mag V+T 120x27´),
2013-5 Mystery Hunters (V+T stories for ČT:D, weekly 26ˇ),
2016 A Few Steps from the Abyss (documentary about the Climate Summit in Paris 2015, 26´).
Since 2015, video sets for the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic
2024 A Matter of Heart (documentary about Prof. Neužil 52´).

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Director Statement

The state of the biosphere on our planet is deteriorating. People are threatening their own existence. Human culture/civilization needs a radical change, a new vision of its future. This can be provided by a new philosophy – evolutionary ontology. Prof. Josef Šmajs from Masaryk University in Brno explains the essence of his original concept in the film. He also introduces the legal anchoring of the necessary change – the Constitution for the Earth. The filmmakers have prepared methodological materials for teaching the basic ideas presented in the film and have held the first workshops at schools..