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Screen in love with a problem for free for Earth Day 2025!

For Earth Day 2026, organize your own screening of in love with a problem, a powerful short documentary about youth innovation, science, and solutions to one of the most urgent environmental challenges of our time: plastic pollution.

If plastic pollution were a country, it would be one of the largest contributors to environmental degradation on the planet, clogging waterways, harming wildlife, and entering our food systems and bodies. Yet this film reminds us that bold, science-driven solutions are possible.

in love with a problem (directed by Julie Kim) follows teenage innovators Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao as they journey from high school in Vancouver to Silicon Valley, developing bacteria-based technology to break down plastic waste.

Simply register using the form below: you can organize a personal viewing, a staff screening, or a public facing event.

On this page, you will find:

  • Registration form

    • We review these registrations and email your link to watch. The film package is available between March 9th and May 1st, 2026. Register now to get access to our resources. We suggest organizing your film screenings around Earth Day (April 22, 2026)!

  • Coordination one-pager to help you vision and plan your screening

 
 
 
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in love with a problem trailer

2021 | 22 minUTES

In love with a problem is about two innovative teens that discovered a plastic-eating bacteria in Vancouver’s Fraser River. Passionate about the problem of plastic pollution, these two best friends are now on an inspiring journey to solve it. Their dedication has taken them from bacteria to cutting edge chemistry, originating in Vancouver all the way to the Silicon Valley. Their story has illuminated one of our earth’s biggest eco disasters.

 
 

Earth Day Registration

 

Please fill out the form below. We will review it and then send you an email with instructions on how to watch in love with a problem and share resources for your screening.

The film is available between March 9 and May 1, 2026. You will receive a link to the film as well as the screening kit upon registration.

The screening kit includes:

  • Discussion guide to help you organize your own post-screening panel or intimate discussion circle

  • Educational resources to help high school students and teachers

  • Images, posters, social media assets, and other materials you can use to promote your event

  • Calls to action to directly support plastic reduction in your region

 
 
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