Who We Are Exactly
**A FILM FESTIVAL FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE**
Denmark is the frontrunner in tackling climate change. As for any other topics, we believe the film industry must also take its part. That is why five years ago, we founded Polar Bear International Film Festival (PBIFF), which, as far as we know, is the first film festival in the world that is solely centered on the subject of climate change.
Our mission is to bring the public closer to the subject through documentaries, fiction, and animated films. (we received over 1800 films from over 100 countries in 2021.) The festival crosses genre and country borders but also generations to illuminate the greatest challenge of our time.
This year in cooperation with the schools in Copenhagen, we also added a category for children/adolescents, where they will have the opportunity to comment on the films in a subsequent debate around the subject. We are hoping children/adolescents worldwide are able to participate in our festival to engage and discuss the subject more and to have a broader perspective on this matter.
In addition to the main program about climate change, climate activist politicians, artists, and poets are invited to contribute to the PBIFF in 2022. It will be talks and discussions, and that in itself becomes a springboard for further discussions and sharing the ideas.
The festival’s primary purpose is thus to establish Copenhagen as a center for international art that is oriented around the environment and climate change.
2022 ORGANIZERS

AZAD KAMALIFAR
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

RAOUF AGHAEI- SASAN
FESTIVAL ART DIRECTOR

SADHIA MENGAL
FESTIVAL MODERATOR
FESTIVAL MEMBER
FESTIVAL MEMBER

BEHROUZ MOHAMMADI
FESTIVAL COORDINATOR
2021 ORGANIZERS

AZAD KAMALIFAR
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

RAOUF AGHAEI- SASAN
FESTIVAL ART DIRECTOR

SADHIA MENGAL
FESTIVAL MODERATOR
FESTIVAL SECRETARY

PIROUZ SHAMEKH
FESTIVAL MODERATOR

BEHROUZ MOHAMMADI
FESTIVAL COORDINATOR

NAWAR EL-HAJ
FESTIVAL CAMERAMAN

ARSALAN CHALABI
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER
2020 ORGANIZERS

AZAD KAMALIFAR
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

RAOUF AGHAEI-SASAN
FESTIVAL ART DIRECTOR

LUQMAN GHASEMI
FESTIVAL TECHNICAL SUPPORTER

BEHROUZ MOHAMMADI
FESTIVAL COORDINATOR

SADHIA MENGAL
FESTIVAL MODERATOR

PIROUZ SHAMEKH
FESTIVAL MODERATOR

ARSALAN CHALABI
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER

MAGNUS VELJESKOV
FESTIVAL CAMERAMAN
2019 ORGANIZERS

AZAD KAMALIFAR
Festival Director

LUQMAN QASEMI
FESTIVAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT

BEHROUZ MOHAMMADI
FESTIVAL COORDINATOR

SOFIA STÆRMISE HARDT
FESTIVAL MODERATOR

FLORA MAHMMODI
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER

ALI DAVARE
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER

MAGNUS VELJESKOV
FESTIVAL CAMERAMAN

ARYAN KAMALIFAR
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER

ERSHAD RASOLI
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER

DARYAN KAMALIFAR
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER

ARSALAN CHALABI
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER

NAWAR EL-HAJ
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER

SADEGH MOLODI
FESTIVAL SUPPORTER
