| Trashed (97 min) China/Indonesia/Lebanon/UK/US |
[watch trailer] |
Thursday 10/16, 8:10 PM (Session 1)
Director: Candida Brady
Producer: Candida Brady, Titus Ogilvy
Description:
TRASHED, follows Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons on a world tour as he discovers the pressing issues surrounding waste and sustainability. The beauty of our planet from space forms a violent contrast to the scenes of human detritus across the globe. Vast landscapes in China are covered in tons of rubbish. The wide waters of the Ciliwung River in Indonesia are now barely visible under a never-ending tide of plastic. Children swim among leaking bags; mothers wash in the sewage-filled supply. Each year, we now throw away fifty-eight billion disposable cups, billions of plastic bags, 200 billion litres of water bottles, billions of tons of household waste, toxic waste and e-waste. The film score for the project was composed and performed by another Academy Award-winner, Vangelis.
Biography:
Earlier this year, Candida Brady completed two years of intense research and filming on her new documentary feature film TRASHED, which received it’s first Special Screening at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In 2009 Brady produced and directed Madam and the Dying Swan, a film that rediscovered the lost steps of ballet’s most revered solo, Anna Pavlova’s Dying Swan, due to be premiered in August 2012 at the British Film Institute. The British filmmaker and journalist’s work has taken her around the world. While working for the UK’s national press she reported on many leading events and initiated campaigns for legislative changes in animal trading and welfare. In 1996, Brady founded her film company, Blenheim TV Films Ltd, and has produced and directed documentaries on a variety of subjects including a ten year project following a breakthrough treatment for HIV and AIDS.
Contact Information:
e: info@trashedfilm.com
w: www.trashedfilm.com
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