This screening has been canceled.
The Cost of Growth
Hosted by Strange Family
In-person
When
Feb 17, 8:00 PM CET
Where
110 Quai de Jemmapes
110 Quai de Jemmapes, Paris, IDF, 75010
Price
$10.00 USD per person
About the event
The Cost of Growth challenges Europe’s growth story by exposing the extractive systems it relies on and the communities that pay the price.
With an international cast, the film connects struggles in Serbia, Italy, and Sápmi to wider fights for justice — showing how communities resist extraction, build solidarities, and expose the violence behind Europe’s economy. — https://www.thecostofgrowth.com
About the film
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.
Genre
Documentary
Released
2025
Director
Thomas Maddens
Producer
A Mad Production, Brain Jangen Production, Voice Over Foundation, IOTA Production
Executive Producer
Anuna de Wever, Lena Hartog
Writer
Brototi Roy
Crew
Frederik Stuut
About the space
Strange family home !