On Planet Finance, there is a market for almost anything. Even for a future disaster that has not yet occurred and may never happen. As the risks of climate change pile up, it appears that money can be made in the Catbond Market on the risk of future wildfires, floods and hurricanes.
There is speculation on what the probability is that a catastrophe will occur. And especially on how much damage it might cause. How does this market work? And who are the winners and who are the losers?

In this six-part documentary series, Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance. Who live and work there? What language do they speak? What is the use of this planet, and what makes this financial world so attractive to so many people?

Written & directed by Marije Meerman

Research: Marijntje Denters, Femke Herregraven, Wiesje Kuijpers
Cinematography: Pim Hawinkels, Joost van Herwijnen nsc
Sound: Benny Jansen, Tim van Peppen
Editor: Michiel Hazebroek
Field director: Japan Aya Asakura
Archival research: Barbara Kist, Paula Witkamp
Visual & data design: Femke Herregraven
Motion design: Mark Visser, Jeroen Schellekens
Music: BJ Nilsen
Sound design: Tim van Peppen
Voice-over: Alice O’Connell
Colourist: Rachel Stone
Finishing: Jan Jaap Kuiper
Datahandlng: Watse Eisma
Online editor colour grading: Yannick Elferink
Producer colour grading: Marja Paeper, Remco Smit
Interns: Athena Potamianos, Betsy van Drie, Julia Baud, Margeaux Abeyta, Malou Sandig, Piet Ruig
Production assistant Pieter Wibaut
Line producer: Olivier Schuringa
Line producer: ZDF/ARTE Katharina Krohmann
Executive producer: Zoë de Wilde, Julia van Schieveen
Coach tot he director: Maaik Krijgsman
Commissioning editor: zdf/arte Türkān Schirmer, Frederic Ulferts
Head editorial department: ZDF/ARTE Martin Pieper
Commissioning editor VPRO: Barbara Truyen

Thanks to Alexander Orthgiess, Tom Sundberg, Joanna Syroka, Derek Fester, Kaethe Hostetter, Stephen Resetar, Travis Trowbride, Tony Hoffman, Yaling Liu, Son Le, Ichihan Tai, Dave Fan, Ludwig Pierre Schulze, Patrick McCoy, Phyllis Rachmuth, Pascal Karsenti, Glenn Pomeroy, Ross Stein, Barney Schauble, Frans Lanting, Julius Kob, Cristina Berio, Karen Clark, Chuck Stein, Lynda Marin, Maggie Bird, Steve Evans, Robert Muir-Wood, Judy Klugman, Michael Millette, David Kleijwegt, Daan Wierda, Vian Paashuis, Brigit Dopheide, Petra Vermeulen, Maasja Ooms, Rik Meier, Marleen Stikker

Archive: Witfilm – Na ons de zondvloed, SMvideoChan (YouTube)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York
NASA, AP Archive, John & Nancy Lingemann, Derek Fester
Presale: VRT

Planet Finance is produced by VPRO in co-production with ZDF and in collaboration with ARTE
This series was created with the support of NPO-fonds & CoBo
© VPRO & ZDF 2023

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