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Reasoning for the special commendation of Mankind's Folly at Prix Europa
The Prix Europa – Media Competition for all over Europe 2025 has just sent us the reasoning for the award of Mankind’s Folly, by Yorgos Avgeropoulos, which received the Special Commendation in the Documentary category. Excerpt from the report: "The jury was deeply moved by Mankind’s Folly, a film that takes us deep into the Arctic, where the ice still holds the memory of the world. We follow...
Yorgos Avgeropoulos on Kontra Channel discussing his new film Mankind’s Folly
🎙️"The #permafrost has trapped within it the age of the Mammoths, all across the Arctic. Inside it lie hundreds of millions of tons of prehistoric organic matter. Beyond the collapse of local human...
Yorgos Avgeropoulos discusses Mankind’s Folly on Naftemporiki TV
🎙️ “Our entire civilization has been built on fossil fuels. Capitalism itself has been built on fossil fuels — and here lies a fundamental issue, a core dilemma: is this a system compatible with...
Mankind’s Folly in the Greek program of German Radio
🎙️ “When I saw the permafrost melting before my eyes, in real time, I held my breath.” Yorgos Avgeropoulos talks about his new film “Mankind’s Folly” on the podcast “Cosmo sta Ellinika” with Sofia...
Mankind’s Folly – The new film by Yorgos Avgeropoulos is awarded at the Prix Europa.
🎬 The new documentary by Yorgos Avgeropoulos is here — and has just been honored with the Special Commendation of the Jury at the Prix Europa 2025 in Berlin. The new documentary Mankind’s...