Renée Scheltema

Renée Scheltema is a Dutch documentary filmmaker, living in Cape Town, South Africa. She has been making documentaries for 35 years. After her Bachelors at Law, and Doctorandus degree in Criminology, she received her Masters at the School of Journalism at the University of California in Berkeley. Her main subjects were TV journalism and photojournalism. In August 2015, after 4 years of working as a one-woman-film-crew, Scheltema completed the 120-minute feature version of the documentary Normal Is Over The Movie. http://normalisoverthemovie.com In 2019 the new updated version of Normal Is Over 1.1 was completed, as the message of this award-winning film, is becoming more relevant by the day. Funding has been provided by The New Normal Foundation (www.TheNewNormalFoundation.org). Formerly named the Making of The Future Foundation. Normal Is Over has its focus on humanity's wisest responses to climate change, species extinction, resource depletion, income inequality, and the link between these issues. A look at the financial and economical paradigm underlying our planetary problems, while offering various solutions to reverse the path of global decline. Normal is Over received the Grand Educational Award, Cine Eco Film Festival, Best in Show Award, Cinema Verde Film Festival, and the Honorable Mention Award, Tasmanian Eco Film Festival. It was selected to screen at 13 film festivals, like the Wild & Scenic Film Festival USA; Princeton International Film Festival; The Santa Cruz Film Festival; Environmental Film Festival Spain; Greenmotions Film Fest, Germany. South African Eco Film Festival; Sonoma International Film Festival, USA. Testimonials: ”An unusual, visually rich portrait of some of the world’s brightest and most innovative ideas.”- Daily Maverick "Highly Recommended! “A beautifull job, with compelling voices..BRAVO!”.- Joanna Macy, Author, Buddhist scholar, Environmental activist. “The only thing harder than making the changes explored in this film is the fu