Formula E documentary ‘And We Go Green’ to premiere at Cannes Film Festival

Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville, the highly-cinematic documentary uses intimate character-driven storylines and unseen race footage from Jean-Eric Vergne’s championship-winning season.

Put together in collaboration with Appian Way, Bloomfish Productions and RadicalMedia – ‘And We Go Green’ will screen at 18:45 on Thursday, May 23 at the Salle 60eme.

The following filmmakers and subjects from the documentary will be in attendance at Cannes – Fisher Stevens (Co-director), Malcolm Venville (Co-director), Leonardo DiCaprio (Producer and subject), Alejandro Agag (Executive Producer and Founder & CEO of Formula E), Jean-Eric Vergne (DS TECHEETAH driver), Lucas di Grassi (Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler driver), Sam Bird (Envision Virgin Racing driver), Andre Lotterer (DS TECHEETAH driver), Nelson Piquet Jr. (former Panasonic Jaguar Racing driver), Rick Yorn (Executive Producer), Jon Kamen (Executive Producer), Christopher St. John (Producer), Jennifer Davisson (Producer), Zara Duffy (Producer) and Gabriel Rhodes (Editor).

Alejandro Agag, Founder & CEO of Formula E, said: “The documentary encapsulates the true mission and purpose of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, to show how competition drives technological development and how the excitement of sport can have a meaningful social impact and alter perceptions of electric vehicles. This notion is how the title ‘And We Go Green’ came about. Not only does it signal the start of our races, but it also indicates an urgent need to put the brakes on devastating and irreparable damage already caused by fossil fuels. I’m proud to have worked with such great talent and a production team who share the same common values around sustainability and making a positive impact in the fight against climate change.”

Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville, said: “Originally, we thought we were making a film about the environment. We realised the best way to get the world to pay attention to climate change is to make a film about people – in this case race car drivers and an upstart with a vision to disrupt racing series forever. The life of sportsmen, the ups and downs, the excitement of racing and the innovative, life-affirming electric technology coupled with racing through the heart of the biggest cities in the world. This was an incredible, inspiring and thrilling film to make.”

Rick Yorn (LBI Entertainment) is handling worldwide sales for the title. The documentary is written by Mark Monroe and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Fisher Stevens, Christopher St. John, Jennifer Davisson and Zara Duffy. Executive Producers include Jon Kamen, Dave Sirulnick, Justin Wilkes, Alejandro Agag and Rick Yorn.

Sources: Formula E PR

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship is the closest, most intense and progressive category in motorsport, bringing electrifying racing to the streets against the backdrop of landmarks, skyscrapers and skylines in some of the world’s most famous and recognisable cities – such as Hong Kong, Rome, Paris and New York.

Formula E enters a new and exciting era in season five with the competitive debut of the next generation car. The striking new model boasts a distinctive futuristic design and demonstrates a clear step-up in performance with almost double the energy storage capacity – allowing teams and drivers to complete a full race distance at higher speeds without needing to swap cars. The Gen2 car is a testament to the ongoing advancements in battery and electric vehicle technology in the space of only four years.

The fifth edition of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship will see 11 teams and 22 drivers tackle a variety of challenging circuits in 12 cities – across five continents – in a bid to be crowned champion. Formula E made its debut in the Middle East on December 15 for the season-opener in Ad Diriyah, with the championship once again coming to a close in New York City over the course of two days on July 13 & 14.

The concept of Formula E is to act as a platform to test and develop road-relevant technologies, helping refine the design and functionality of components and infrastructure – actively speeding-up the transition and uptake of electric vehicles on a global scale.

Formula E is continuing to attract some of the leading names and renowned brands in motorsport and the automotive industry. For this season, Formula E has nine manufacturers on its roster – including Nissan – taking over the existing entry from Renault – and BMW linking-up with Andretti. This number is set to rise further still, with the highly-anticipated inclusion of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche in season six.

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Appian Way is a film and television production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio. Jennifer Davisson serves as president of production. Since its launch, Appian Way has released a diverse slate of films, including Alejandro Iñárritu’s three-time Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner “The Revenant”, Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award® and Golden Globe®-nominated “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe®-winning “The Aviator”, along with “Shutter Island”, Scott Cooper’s “Out of the Furnace”, George Clooney’s Golden Globe®-nominated “The Ides of March”, the psychological thriller “Orphan” and an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s critically-acclaimed novel “Live by Night” with Ben Affleck, among others.

The company has put forth strong efforts to gain headway in the documentary world, especially as it pertains to progressive environmental change. Appian Way worked in partnership with National Geographic to produce “Before the Flood”, a documentary that sheds light on climate change. It also worked with Netflix to produce the Academy Award®-nominated “Virunga”, directed by Orlando von Einsiedel. Appian is in partnership with Netflix on several additional documentaries, including the critically-acclaimed “Struggle”, “The Ivory Game”, “How to Change the World”, “Catching the Sun”, and the documentary series “Fire Chasers”. Last year Appian also produced the critically-acclaimed documentary series “Frontiersmen” as a sequel to the “Men Who Built America” for the History Channel, “Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle” for AMC/Sundance and currently is in production on a multi-part documentary series about Ulysses S. Grant, also for History Channel.

The following projects are currently in priority development at Appian: a feature adaptation of the Japanese manga “Akira” directed by Taiki Waititi, a “Grant” feature based on Ron Chernow’s book to which DiCaprio is attached to star and Steven Spielberg is attached to direct; “Da Vinci” based on the best-selling book by Walter Isaacson, “Sam Phillips” based on the best-selling book by Peter Guralnick, also with DiCaprio attached to star, “The Ballad of Richard Jewell”, starring Jonah Hill; as well as “The Twilight Zone”.

Appian’s animated children’s series “Pete the Cat”, based on the famed books by James Dean just received a 2nd and 3rd season pick-up by Amazon and Alcon. The company also has multiple television projects in the works with Sony, Warner Bros, NBCUniversal, Fox 21 and MRC.

Bloomfish Productions was co-founded in 2017 by Fisher Stevens (“Before the Flood” featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Academy Award-winning “The Cove”, and “Mission Blue”) and Alexis Bloom (“Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes”, and “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks”). Under the banner of Bloomfish, the two co-directed the HBO documentary “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds” (2016).

This year alone, several strong documentary films come out under the Bloomfish banner, with the collaboration of other talented filmmakers: “Tigerland”, which premiered at Sundance in 2019, “And We Go Green” which premieres at Cannes. Bloomfish is also currently producing “El Gran Fellove” (2019) with Matt Dillon, the story of the legendary Cuban musician, and “Palace of Gold”, an intimate glimpse into a Hare Krishna Ashram as told through family members.

Bloomfish is based in New York but develops and produces a full slate of character and issue driven documentaries and narrative film projects about the world.

RadicalMedia produces premium content across all media platforms. With offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, and Shanghai, RadicalMedia is a global intra-disciplinary media company that creates and produces film, television, music programming, commercials, brand partnerships, interactive design, and digital and immersive experiences for all distribution platforms. RadicalMedia is fluent in each and every discipline of storytelling, with accolades that include Oscar®, Emmy®, Peabody® and Grammy® Awards, and most recently produced the critically-acclaimed doc series, “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes”, currently streaming on Netflix.