Behind the screen
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Behind the Screen - the life of my computer |
| Original title | Behind the screen |
| Country of production | Austria , Germany , Ghana , Czech Republic |
| original language | German , English , Twi (language) , Czech , Slovak |
| Publishing year | 2010/2011 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stefan Baumgartner |
| script | Stefan Baumgartner, Simon Fraissler |
| production | Sandra Heberling |
| camera | Simon Fraissler |
Behind the Screen - The Life of My Computer is an Austrian documentary film by filmmakers Stefan Baumgartner , Simon Fraissler and Sandra Heberling from 2011 thatfocuses onthe product life cycle of computers. The film was awarded the Golden Dolphin at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards in 2012.
content
Seven computers are produced every second worldwide. Behind the Screen takes a look behind the scenes of the electronics industry, initially in the rainforest of Ghana . There young gold miners stand up to their knees in the mud. They work hard with shovels and picks in the tropical heat. The gold has had negative effects for them, because large mining companies have long been exploiting the precious land, and rivers are poisoned by the mercury and cyanide used in gold mining . The gold won finds its way into the printed circuit boards of computers. Electronics prices have been falling for years. In the Czech Republic , workers assemble the computers, the global competition in the sector is carried out on their backs.
In a dark alley in Pardubice , Janko says: He toiled on the assembly line twelve hours a day, six days a week, for a starvation wage of two to three euros an hour. Some pass out, collapse. The lifespan of the computers produced is falling and new models flood the market every day. The trail of discarded PCs leads back to Ghana. Dark clouds of smoke rise up at the electronic waste dump in Agbogbloshie . An apocalyptic scene - like straight out of an end-of-time film. Computer screens, printers and keyboards pile up meters high. Every month, 500 container loads of electronic waste from industrialized countries land in Ghana. Officially declared as second-hand goods, 90% are rubbish on arrival. Children tear apart computers with their bare hands, smash screens. The flames blaze brightly when they burn the plastic sheaths. The toxic fumes hit them right in the face. Selling the scraps of metal brings meager earnings. The toxic legacy of the information age claims its victims.
structure
The film is divided into four chapters:
- Gold mining (Ghana)
- Manufacture of computers in factories (Czech Republic)
- Computer usage
- Scrapping on electronic waste dumps (Ghana)
People (selection)
In the film, it is mainly workers who are directly involved in the computer's value chain that have their say . In addition, experts point out the connections between this decentralized industry.
- Emanuel Kwofie - Galamsey worker / illegal gold prospector near Tarkwa, Ghana
- Kwaku Anyam - village elder in a gold digger community
- Christian Zeller - Professor of Economic Geography , University of Salzburg
- Nikolas Bkoe - goldsmith in Tarkwa , Ghana
- Mike Anane - environmental activist in West Africa
- Wolfgang Müller - trade unionist IG Metall
- Tomas Formanek - Foxconn works council
- Janko - former assembly line worker at Foxconn
- Miroslav Janovsky - Editor-in-Chief at Sedmicka, Kunta Hora, Czech Republic
- Josef Hebr - dismissed unionist at Foxconn
- Leonhard Plank - economist
- Jurij Diez - actor
- Tony Nana-Asamte Adjei - owner of a second hand computer store in Accra , Ghana
- Abduhl Rashid Isaahak - E-waste worker in Accra, Ghana
Production and evaluation
Behind the Screen was produced by the Austrian film production company Fuzion Collective with financial support from the following sponsors: Kulturland Salzburg, Kulturland Oberösterreich, Wien Kultur and Graz Kultur. The Austrian cinema premiere took place on August 12, 2011 in Salzburg, the TV premiere on September 27, 2013 on 3sat . The film is awarded by Sixpackfilm and is available as a stream on the Austrian VoD platform Flimmit .
Prizes and awards
- 2012: Golden Dolphin - Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards
- 2013: Documentary Gold Award - Deauville Green Awards
- 2012: Focus Prize Sustainability - Sehsuchten , International Students Film Festival
- 2012: Student Prize Winner - International Movie Trailer Festival
- 2012: 2nd place in the category documentary film - Siciliambiente documentary film festival
Web links
- official film website
- Behind the screen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Behind the screen on demand
- Behind the screen at the film distribution Sixpackfilm
- Fuzion Collective website
- Behind the Screen at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Official film website , last accessed on December 26, 2013.
- ↑ Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards website , last accessed on December 26, 2013.
- ↑ Description of the film at Flimmit ( Memento from December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 3Sat program announcement , last accessed on December 26, 2013.
- ↑ Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards website , last accessed on December 26, 2013.
- ^ Deauville Green Awards website ( Memento of December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), last accessed on December 25, 2013
- ↑ Sehsuchte International Students Film Festival website ( Memento from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), last accessed on December 26, 2013.
- ↑ International Movie Trailer Festival website , last accessed on December 26, 2013.
- ↑ Siciliambiente website , last accessed on December 26, 2013.