The next speaker in this session at the IAMCR 2025 conference in Singapore is Dhyan Singh; his interest is in the use of documentary films to create environmental awareness amongst students in India. Climate change is a severe global challenge, of course, and especially also for vulnerable countries like India; India also has the world’s largest youth population, and addressing this group is therefore also key to addressing climate change itself. Documentary films can play an important role here.
How do such films impact on students’ emotions and encourage them to take action, then? This study worked with 63 students …