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SOURCE MARTIN MARECEK / CZECH REP / 2005 / 75MIN
WWW.AUTOMATFILM.CZ
The film "Source" is an active documentary probe
into our connection with the most important natural resource
in the world -- oil. Oil is a cornerstone of this civilization.
Our lives are determined by oil -- what we eat, what we drink,
how we travel. 98% of our transport, for example, depends
on oil. Although all drivers might be agitated by the prices
of this resource, nobody really takes the time to think about
where it's actually streamed from…
That's why our film went to search for the SOURCE to Azerbaijan,
one of the oldest and most significant oil regions. After
the collapse of the Soviet Union and the recapture of independence,
this area became attractive for Western corporations. Recently,
a monstrous oil pipe-line has been put into work (the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
pipe-line), with the intention of bringing this strategic
precious resource to the international markets.
What is it like to live in the neighborhood of the oil fields
that feed our economy? Can the oil contracts and the giant
pipe-line redeem one of the world's most corrupted countries?
What can the SOURCE be a source of?
The film probe "SOURCE" travels from one oil splotch
to another, searching for the origin of problems, diving into
tragicomic situations, studying the forms of corruption, tracking
the shifts of power, revealing layers of globalization, giving
testimony to personal struggles and examining the real price
of Black Gold…
Festivals, in which the film took part (please enter year
of participation) and any awards:
Festivals:
One World 2005
Karlovy Vary IFF
Ekofilm (Czech rep.)
Doc. film festival Leipzig
Document 3
One world berlin
Leeds IFF
Film Festival Cottbus-Specials
Jihlava IDFF-Between the seas, Czech joy
TSTTT (Czech rep.)
IDFA-Green Screen
TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL-Interanational Documentary Competation
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival London
Awards:
One World- The Plze?sk? Prazdroj Audience Award
The Honorable mention of the Grand Jury
Ekofilm-The Grand Prix of EKOFILM 2005
Award Of The Ministry Of The Environment
Doc. film fest. Leipzig-MDR prize for the Best Eeastern European
Films
Jihlava IDFF-Audience Award, Best czech documentary film
TSTTT- Josef Velek's Award
Trilobit Beroun 2005-Award for documentary film of Czech Film
and Television Association (FITES)
PRODUCTION/DISTRIBUTION
Producer (name) VRATISLAV SLAJER
First and last name of contact person BARBORA FABIANOVA
Address U ZVONARKY 14,12000 Praha 2, czech rep.
Telephone/fax 00420-222 517 908
E-mail BARBORA@BIONAUT.CZ
World sales company (name) Taskovski Films
First and last name of contact person IRENA TASKOVSKI
4b Wentworth Street
London E1 7TF
Tel: +44 (0) 207 930 572866
irena@taskovskifilms.com
taskovskifilms@yahoo.co.uk
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