The Economist predicts top news trends with 'The World in 2016' film
From the Rio Olympics to the US presidential race, 2016 is set to be full of headline-grabbing stories.
In anticipation of those "water cooler moments" the Economist has created a 30-minute film to highlight the issues and events that will dominate the next twelve months.
'The World in 2016' comprises five interconnected stories which illustrate the breakthroughs and trends the publisher believes will define the coming year.
Designed to be what an "antidote to the countless review-of-the-year shows" the video looks at next year's big stories before they happen and includes footage from China's secretive Olympic training camps ahead of the 2016 Olympics as well as an exclusive interview with David Tennant around the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death.
The directors also met with hobbyist forecasters who are giving US intelligence analysts a run for their money and caught up with the brains behind what could be the solution to the "biggest environmental problem most of the world has never heard of".
David Alter, director of programmes at Economist Films, said: “This is our take on The World in 2016 – the big things we’ll all be loving, hating or fearing for the first time, the stories that are going to hit the zeitgeist, the water-cooler moments of the year ahead.”
The film is available to view in full above.