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JASON'S BOX: Planting Trees Where the Ice Melts

JASON'S BOX: Planting Trees Where the Ice Melts

PROGRAM

Melting silently, the glacier - and the story of the people who stand before it.


In southern Greenland, where glaciers are rapidly melting away, the film JASON'S BOX follows the moment when a glaciologist meets local residents and volunteers. Together, they bring science and tree planting into one shared act of resistance against climate change. Beginning in a distant land of ice, this story ultimately places before us the question, "What can I do?" Where the story on screen ends, the journey of thought that follows that question begins.

 

After the screening, together with Professor Lee Myong-in of UNIST, we will take time to quietly consider the possibility of everyday practice rather than grand slogans, and explore, with the audience, the one step each of us can take for the environment.

 

¡á Content: Screening of JASON'S BOX + Talk

¡á Date/Time: Sep. 21(Mon), 2026 20:00

¡á Venue: Alps Cinema 2

¡á Participants

Michael Strassburger (Director, JASON'S BOX), Lee Myong-in (Director, UNIST Extreme Heat Research Center; Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering)

 

JASON'S BOX

Germany | 2026 | 88min | Color | Documentary

In the film JASON¡¯S BOX, we follow climate scientist Jason Box to Greenland. For many years, he has traveled to Greenland to verify the results of his measuring stations on the melting ice sheet. Now he believes that all the collected facts aren¡®t enough to raise people¡®s awareness of global warming. He decides to take action himself.

GUEST

Lee Myong-in

Myong-In Lee is a professor at UNIST and Director of the Heatwave Research Center. He leads a Korea Meteorological Administration project to develop a next-generation global climate model. His research examines how climate change affects heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, and the Arctic and Antarctic cryosphere. He earned his Ph.D. from Seoul National University and conducted research at NASA¡¯s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Michael Strassburger

Michael Strassburger studied photography and film directing in Munich, Edinburgh, Havana, and Cologne. JASON¡¯S BOX is his first feature-length film. 

SCHEDULE

09.21 20:00 Alps Cinema 2