The Miracle of Almería
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Main Info
Documentary series
Synopsis
At the far end of Europe, on the southern border of Spain, lies Almería. It is a huge province completely covered with white plastic, harbouring Europe’s largest vegetable garden. It is the place where our tomatoes come from, even in winter. But under all the plastic, strange things happen… Today, the vegetable garden inevitably moves to Morocco. Spanish farmers dive well under their prices to keep in the race. 120.000 migrants work in slave-like conditions on the plantations.
In The Miracle of Almería, people from the region show the blind spots of the capitalist system. Each from their own perspective, they present film scenes portraying a recent or less recent memory. Using their storytelling and imagination, we discover the underlying economic, political and social dynamics. And their explosive consequences in society
Credits
Producer Emmy Oost
Co-producer Katja Draaijer - BALDR Film
Co-producers David Fonjallaz & Louis Mataré - Lomotion
With the support of The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Belgian Development Cooperation, The Corona Emergency Fund of the Flanders Government, Eurimages, Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Netherlands Film Fund, Berner Filmförderung, Burgergemeinde Bern, Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union, Doha Film Institute, Mediafonds - LEF stipend, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Kunsten en Erfgoed, The Pascal Decroos Fund, Sabam for Culture, Casa Kafka Pictures, Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter empowered by Belfius, The Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government
Awards
DAE Encouragement Award at Visions du Réel (CH) 2020
Selections
Docs in Thessaloniki 2017
CPH:FORUM 2017
DOK Leipzig Co-Production Market 2017
Medimed 2018
Venice Gap-Financing Market 2019
Docs in Progress - Visions du Réel 2020
Qumra 2021
First Cut Lab 2021