Spoon
/ synopsis

Society is investing huge efforts in the creation of a plastic spoon, which effortlessly can be thrown away.

DIRECTOR • Laila Pakalnina
CO-PRODUCER • HEGE DEHLI
LENGHT • 66 MIN.

Men can drill very deep, down to where the oil is. Large groups of qualified men equipped with machines can extract oil and transport it far away, to a place where other qualified men can transform it into plastic. The plastic is then taken to a factory, where still more men can turn it into spoons, which will be transported even further to all sorts of eateries and, likely, will be available free of charge. This meaningful life will last for one unceremonious meal.

The film examines what society invests into the creation of a plastic spoon that effortlessly can be thrown out.


/ More about the film

LENGHT • 66 MIN.
FORMAT • 16:9
Year of Production • 2019
DIRECTOR • Laila Pakalnina
CO-PRODUCER • HEGE DEHLI
Produced by • Hargla Compagny (Latvia) – Mechanix Film (Norway) - Just a Moment (Lithuania)
Production location • Latvia, Norway, China, Azerbaijan.

/ Festivals

International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2019 (KVIFF). Competition for best international feature documentary. (Czech Republic)
FIDBA – Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo (Mexico)
Riga IFF (Latvia)
Baltic Film Festival in New York (USA)
Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” (Belarus)
SCANORAMA (Lithuania)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia)
“Cinema Verite” Iran International Documentary Film Festival (Iran)
Construir Cine (Argentina)
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Greece)
Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine (Peru)
Frontera Sur Film Festival (Chile)
CinEast (Luxembourg)
West Lake International Documentary Festival (China)
BIFED – Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary (Turkey)
Nordic/Docs Film Festival (Norway)
Cinemateket Oslo (Norway)


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