Grounswell, a Documentary Executive Produced by Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson, Wins Golden Globe at Cannes
Groundswell, a documentary focusing on regenerative agriculture, won the Golden Globes Prize for Documentary on Monday. The award was presented in collaboration with the Artemis Rising Foundation.
The announcement took place at an event at Plage des Palmes during the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, the film was shot across five continents and features conversations with farmers, scientists, and Indigenous leaders who are redefining humanity’s relationship with the land. This documentary is the third installment of a trilogy, following Kiss the Ground (2020) and Common Ground (2023).
“It’s beyond an honor to receive this,” Joshua Tickell expressed while accepting the award with his family. “It’s a massive honor, massive, massive to be up here with the family. This has been a 27-year journey since my mentor put a Hi-8 camera in my hand and said, ‘film everything that happens.’”
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L-R: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell, and their two children accept the Golden Globes Prize for Documentary
Rebecca Harrell Tickell remarked, “I just want to share that this award means so much to us, but most importantly, what it means for the movement that this film is about. The first films, Kiss the Ground and Common Ground, helped teach people how we can stabilize the climate through regenerative agriculture. When the film came out in the United States, we were at three and a half million acres in transition, and now we’re at over 86 million acres. With Groundswell and now with the support and this recognition, we truly believe we can fulfill our goal, which is one billion acres globally. That’s 10 percent of global ag lands. That’s what we need to reach to have this be an unstoppable force for life and balance on earth.”
The award-winning film was selected from a pool of documentaries showcased at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and its associated events. The jury featured notable figures, including Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne, Academy Award-winning producer Regina K. Scully, and actor Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Last year’s inaugural prize went to Eugene Jarecki’s documentary The Six Billion Dollar Man, which focuses on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, while Ross McElwee’s Remake received the honor at the Venice Film Festival.
