I Want You To Panic: a film about humanity’s obliviousness to global warming

“I wanted to engage in a project that studied people and their attitudes toward climate change,” says Danish filmmaker Nina Holmgren, the director rounding up Survival Season—our special program of films on environmental damage. “Human passivity is the core issue of climate change.” I Want You To Panic presents a family oblivious to a fire that gradually rips through their home. Each person engages in different activities; lifting weights, riding an exercise bike, applying make-up or facial tanning. An ego