The Sixth Keswick Film Festival opens on Friday 11 February with an exclusive chance to hear the director of the most moving film of the decade talk about how he came to make his movie.

Peace One Day, the opening film of the festival weekend, is a truly inspirational documentary. In 1999, the director, Jeremy Gilley, had an idea. With the millennium approaching, his aim was to persuade the human population of the entire planet that, for 24 hours, they should stop killing each other. To do so, he had to transform himself overnight into a lobbyist and political activist.

The film is an extraordinary account of how he sold the idea to governments and to peacemakers the world over and shows how the events of 9/11 and beyond affected his project.

"It was almost inconceivable that it would succeed," says Jeremy. "If it did, then I knew I'd have an extraordinary film, but I also knew that if it failed it might make a profound statement about the state of the world".

Keswick Film Club is delighted to welcome Jeremy Gilley and his extraordinary movie to this year's film festival. On Friday morning, young people from the region will watch the film, meet Jeremy and hear about his incredible project. Peace One Day screens for the public at Theatre by the Lake on Friday 11 February at 7.30pm. 23 other film screenings follow on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13, at both the Alhambra Cinema and Theatre by the Lake.

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