Award-winning actress Juliet Stevenson was guest of honour at a special screening of a "really remarkable" environmental film in Crouch End. 

The TV, film and stage star was at the Crouch End Picturehouse on Wednesday to attend the film Finite: The Climate of Change, which follows protesters against coal mines in Britain and Germany. 

A long time supporter of the environmental movement who has attended Extinction Rebellion protests, she said that she found the film "really remarkable". 

She added: "It’s brilliant. We have all seen films about the environment that leave you feeling depressed and as though everything is pretty hopeless. But the great thing about this film is that it energises you.

"Even though the individuals in it are up against such big forces, they make a real difference. It reminds me why activism is so important. 

Ham & High: Highgate's Juliet Stephenson joins a panel after watching 'remarkable' film Finite: A Climate of Change at Crouch End PicturehouseHighgate's Juliet Stephenson joins a panel after watching 'remarkable' film Finite: A Climate of Change at Crouch End Picturehouse (Image: Clara Lattimer Walter)

"We have to be active, not because we are certain that our protests will work, but because if we don’t act, nothing will ever change."

Juliet Stevenson, whose films include Bend It Like Beckham and Truly, Madly, Deeply, was joined on the panel discussion by the film’s director Rich Felgate, Alfie Beswick from Just Stop Oil, writer Natasha Walter and Haringey's Extinction Rebellion activist Chrissy Kelly.

Ham & High: Chrissy Kelly, Extinction Rebellion activist who was arrested in 2019, addresses crowd at Crouch End Picturehouse following film Finite: A Climate of Change Chrissy Kelly, Extinction Rebellion activist who was arrested in 2019, addresses crowd at Crouch End Picturehouse following film Finite: A Climate of Change (Image: Clara Lattimer Walter)

Chrissy, from Muswell Hill, spoke about how she had been inspired to join the protests in 2019 when she recognised the urgency of the climate emergency. 

"I did meet resistance from my family at first, when I went off to the protests and got arrested. But I feel this is the right thing to do as other means of making change have failed," she said. 

"I’ve taken action against fossil fuel companies and against the corporations that enable them in the media and the City. 

"But this movement isn’t just about lying down in the road and getting arrested. 

"This is also about people speaking up and working together to build a more equal, caring society."