San Agustin - Ebbe im Plastikmeer
SAN AGUSTÍN - Low tide in the plastic sea
Documentary, Germany 2012 , 72 min, Super 16mm Color, Dolby Digital 5.1.
www.sanagustin-film.com
Synopsis
In the midst of the world’s biggest fruit and vegetable garden, the so called ‚Mar del plástico’, lies the Andalusian village of San Agustín. For the local planters this season’s atmosphere is prophesying crisis: A mysterious virus threatens the harvest, bacteria attacks the plants and the authorities are after the illegal workforce in the greenhouses. Planter José Maria would rather choose to live among vegetables than people anyway, while the Crespo family, who seems to belong to a different time era, tries to get by with vegetables, breeding goats and a giant compost pile. This is all part of the daily routine for Paco, the village tavern’s barman, who knows all of his customers’ problems.
San Agustín takes an out of the ordinary look at the 'Mar del plástico' - Europe's most important producer and vendor of fruit and vegetables - as it fights with it's own existence once more during the cucumber crisis of 2011. Two families, a village tavern and a lot of vegetables. One extraordinary harvest season in nine chapters.
Logline
In the midst of the world’s biggest fruit and vegetable garden, the so called ‚Mar del plástico’, lies the Andalusian village of San Agustín. There, a mysterious virus threatens the harvest, bacteria attacks the plants and the authorities are after the illegal workforce in the greenhouses. Two families, a village tavern and a lot of vegetable. One extraordinary harvest season in nine chapters.
DOK Leipzig
Nomination in the category Healthy Workplaces Award
Fünf Seen Filmfestival
Nomination in the category Bester Dokumentarfilm
Crossing Europe Festival
Nomination in the category Bester Dokumentarfilm ‚Arbeitswelten’
Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto
Award in the category Special Jury Mention
Zürich Film Festival
Nomination in the category Bester deutschsprach. Dokumentarfilm
Agrofilm Slowakei//2013
Award in the category Großer Preis der Jury
Nomination in the category Goldener Schlüssel
Ekotopfilm
Submission in the category Umweltsektion
Barcelona Filmfestival - L´Alternativa
Submission in the category Filmhochschulfilme
Iran International Documentary Film Festival
Submission in the category Our Universe
Nonfiktionale
Award in the category Publikumspreis
NaturVision Filmfestival Ludwigsburg
Award in the category Newcomerpreis
STARTER FILM AWARD//2013
Nomination in the category Bester Dokumentarfilm
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival Brüssel
Submission in the category Umweltfilm
European Film Festival Palic
Submission in the category EcoDox