Gimme Shelter
The world’s first film festival dedicated to climate-linked migration
Thursday 16 – Sunday 19 March 2017
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
16 – 19 March 2017, Newcastle UK
Gimme Shelter
The world’s first film festival exploring the connections between climate change and migration
15 events
4 days of films, workshops and exhibitions exploring climate change and migration
Newcastle, UK
Happening at Tyneside Cinema between the 14th and 19th of March
Thursday 16th March
Online Q&A: Covid-19, climate change and migration: 14th May at 3pm BST
Online Q&A session14th May at 3pm BST14th May at 3pm BSTHow does a city in lockdown deal with a sudden climate-driven disaster like a typhoon? The measures needed to cope with a sudden episode of displacement - such as mass emergency shelters - are exactly the...
Online Q&A: Covid-19, climate change and migration: 14th May at 3pm BST
Online Q&A session14th May at 3pm BST14th May at 3pm BSTHow does a city in lockdown deal with a sudden climate-driven disaster like a typhoon? The measures needed to cope with a sudden episode of displacement - such as mass emergency shelters - are exactly the...
Climate, migration, neoliberalism
The lecture sketches out a history of neoliberalism, and then looks at how the culmination of this political thinking is reflected in the policies that are being created to address climate change and migration.
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy – course page
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Event: Migration and displacement at the climate talks
How are migration and displacement being dealt with at the international climate change talks? Find out more with our online event
Event: Climate change and Migration 101. 4 December
Get to grips with the links between climate and the movement of people
Event: hot wars- Climate change, armed conflict and security. 15 November
What do we know about the links between climate change and conflict? Will life on a hotter planet be on with more armed violence?
Briefing: climate change and migration. 24 October, London
An evening briefing exploring the links between climate change and migration. Find out more and book places. 24 October, London
Friday 17th March
Online Q&A: Covid-19, climate change and migration: 14th May at 3pm BST
Online Q&A session14th May at 3pm BST14th May at 3pm BSTHow does a city in lockdown deal with a sudden climate-driven disaster like a typhoon? The measures needed to cope with a sudden episode of displacement - such as mass emergency shelters - are exactly the...
Online Q&A: Covid-19, climate change and migration: 14th May at 3pm BST
Online Q&A session14th May at 3pm BST14th May at 3pm BSTHow does a city in lockdown deal with a sudden climate-driven disaster like a typhoon? The measures needed to cope with a sudden episode of displacement - such as mass emergency shelters - are exactly the...
Climate, migration, neoliberalism
The lecture sketches out a history of neoliberalism, and then looks at how the culmination of this political thinking is reflected in the policies that are being created to address climate change and migration.
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy – course page
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Event: Migration and displacement at the climate talks
How are migration and displacement being dealt with at the international climate change talks? Find out more with our online event
Event: Climate change and Migration 101. 4 December
Get to grips with the links between climate and the movement of people
Event: hot wars- Climate change, armed conflict and security. 15 November
What do we know about the links between climate change and conflict? Will life on a hotter planet be on with more armed violence?
Briefing: climate change and migration. 24 October, London
An evening briefing exploring the links between climate change and migration. Find out more and book places. 24 October, London
Saturday 18th March
Online Q&A: Covid-19, climate change and migration: 14th May at 3pm BST
Online Q&A session14th May at 3pm BST14th May at 3pm BSTHow does a city in lockdown deal with a sudden climate-driven disaster like a typhoon? The measures needed to cope with a sudden episode of displacement - such as mass emergency shelters - are exactly the...
Online Q&A: Covid-19, climate change and migration: 14th May at 3pm BST
Online Q&A session14th May at 3pm BST14th May at 3pm BSTHow does a city in lockdown deal with a sudden climate-driven disaster like a typhoon? The measures needed to cope with a sudden episode of displacement - such as mass emergency shelters - are exactly the...
Climate, migration, neoliberalism
The lecture sketches out a history of neoliberalism, and then looks at how the culmination of this political thinking is reflected in the policies that are being created to address climate change and migration.
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy – course page
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Event: Migration and displacement at the climate talks
How are migration and displacement being dealt with at the international climate change talks? Find out more with our online event
Event: Climate change and Migration 101. 4 December
Get to grips with the links between climate and the movement of people
Event: hot wars- Climate change, armed conflict and security. 15 November
What do we know about the links between climate change and conflict? Will life on a hotter planet be on with more armed violence?
Briefing: climate change and migration. 24 October, London
An evening briefing exploring the links between climate change and migration. Find out more and book places. 24 October, London
Sunday 19th March
Online Q&A: Covid-19, climate change and migration: 14th May at 3pm BST
Online Q&A session14th May at 3pm BST14th May at 3pm BSTHow does a city in lockdown deal with a sudden climate-driven disaster like a typhoon? The measures needed to cope with a sudden episode of displacement - such as mass emergency shelters - are exactly the...
Online Q&A: Covid-19, climate change and migration: 14th May at 3pm BST
Online Q&A session14th May at 3pm BST14th May at 3pm BSTHow does a city in lockdown deal with a sudden climate-driven disaster like a typhoon? The measures needed to cope with a sudden episode of displacement - such as mass emergency shelters - are exactly the...
Climate, migration, neoliberalism
The lecture sketches out a history of neoliberalism, and then looks at how the culmination of this political thinking is reflected in the policies that are being created to address climate change and migration.
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy – course page
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy
Get to grips with one of the defining issues of the 21st Century – how will climate change re-shape migration across the world. Join a free, 100% online course to investigate this essential topic
Event: Migration and displacement at the climate talks
How are migration and displacement being dealt with at the international climate change talks? Find out more with our online event
Event: Climate change and Migration 101. 4 December
Get to grips with the links between climate and the movement of people
Event: hot wars- Climate change, armed conflict and security. 15 November
What do we know about the links between climate change and conflict? Will life on a hotter planet be on with more armed violence?
Briefing: climate change and migration. 24 October, London
An evening briefing exploring the links between climate change and migration. Find out more and book places. 24 October, London
Festival special guest: film makers, artists and experts
Lucy Wood – artist
Professor Tahseen Jafry – Glasgow Calidonian University
Geroge Curian – Film maker
Kooj Chuhan – Film maker and artist
Dr Susan Crate – Anthrologist, Geroge Mason University
Sean McAllister – Film maker
David Putman – Film maker
Kooj Chuhan – Film maker and artist
Festival organizers and partners




Can any tell me, How can I attend this festival? I am also working on climate change and migration, with a consortium research.
I’m not able to get to NEwcastle for the Festival and wonder whether I will have a chance to follow it during or after the event on line?