FOSSIL ENERGIES
■ Discussion with the director
Sergio Ghizzardi
Sergio Ghizzardi is a Belgian documentary filmmaker who uses his films to talk about the changing world and people's real ability to change their destiny.
He tries to get to the heart of the matter, to understand and explain. He is a witness to the political scene in Europe and the changes that our continent is undergoing.
He weaves his films around strong characters so that the viewer is immersed in the meanders of the major issues that are shaping our times.
Find out more about the director and his news: https://www.dominoproduction.be/
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
SCHLAFSAND
[SANDMAN]
Elias Bötticher
Experimental l Switzerland I 2024 l 14'
A journey in images from mountain peaks to a Swiss glacier dying in the city, to the depths of the Hambach open-cast mine, where the engines of coal excavators echo incessantly.
A reflection on being, doing and refusing to realise it.
SHORTFILM COMPETITION
AU 8ème JOUR
[ON DAY 8]
Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Masse, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Dehautois
Animation l France I 2023 l 8'
It took seven days to create the world, but it only took one to upset its balance.
ENVIRONMENT COMPETITION
GAZ RUSSE : LA DERNIÈRE ROUTE DES NENETS
[RUSSIAN GAS: THE NENETS' LAST ROAD]
Sergio Ghizzardi
Documentary l Belgium, France, Norway, Finland I 2023 l 1h16
At the heart of the Arctic, the Yamal Peninsula is Russia's gas vault, the world's largest gas production area.
85% of Russian gas comes from Yamal.
In Yamal, the Nenets have been migrating from the north to the south of the peninsula for over 200 generations. Will they be able to survive this greed and over-industrialisation?
A polar and environmental western, this documentary plunges us into the emergence of the North-East Sea Route and the disappearance of the last Siberian transhumance route.
The success of one may mean the extinction of the other.