Film & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsWatch the first UK trailer for the upcoming Greta Thunberg documentaryI Am Greta takes a behind-the-scenes look at the teen Swedish climate activistShareLink copied ✔️September 18, 2020September 18, 2020TextGünseli Yalcinkaya The first UK trailer for the highly anticipated Greta Thunberg documentary has been released. I Am Greta takes a behind-the-scenes look at the teen Swedish climate activist, whose school strike in 2018 launched an entire global climate movement. The film, which recently debuted as part of the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, arrives to the UK and Irish cinemas in mid-October. Filmmaker Nathan Grossman and producers Cecilia Nessen (Bergman: A Year in the Life) and Fredrik Heinig (Midsommar), compiled the film, which features previously unseen footage that Traces Thunberg’s journey from a school student to the “voice of a generation”. It culminates in her trip across the Atlantic (in a zero emission sailing boat) to deliver her now-famous speech before the UN. Last month, the 17-year-old announced her return to school after taking a year to travel the world with her climate activism. Her efforts have seen some groundbreaking change. The “Greta effect”, as it has been dubbed, has seen an increase in online activism among young people. She also won a Right Livelihood Award (AKA the “alternative Nobel Prize”), was named TIME’s Person Of The Year, had a beetle named after her, and a poem written for her by Patti Smith for her birthday. I Am Greta is out in cinemas on October 16 Watch the trailer below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREAkinola Davies Jr on his atmospheric debut, My Father’s ShadowThe 2026 Sundance films we can’t stop thinking aboutThe North FaceWhat went down at The North Face’s Red Box event with Loyle Carner Twinless: A tragicomic drama about loneliness, grief and queer friendshipDazed x MUBI Cinema Club returns with a screening of My Father’s ShadowNo Other Choice: Park Chan-wook’s bleak, bloody takedown of capitalismGetting to the bottom of the Heated Rivalry discourseMarty Supreme and the cost of ‘dreaming big’Ben Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy