DOCUMENTARY

Welcome to Sodom

Florian Weigensamer
,
Christian Krönes
Agbogbloshie, Accra is the largest electronic waste dump in the world. About 6,000 women, men and children live and work here. They call it “Sodom”. Every year about 250,000 tons of discarded computers, smartphones, air conditioning tanks and other devices from a far away digitalized and electric world end up here. Illegally. Their personal inner voices allow for a deep insight into life in this place.    

Technical Data
Running time: 90
Format: digital
Screen ratio: 16:9
Language spoken: German, English
Production year: 2018
Credits
Director(s): Florian Weigensamer, Christian Krönes
Writer(s): Roland Schrotthofer, Florian Weigensamer
Cinematography: Christian Kermer
Editing: Christian Kermer
Producers: Christian Krönes, Roland Schrotthofer
Premiere:
March 20, 2018
Copenhagen (CPH:DOX)
Awards (selection): Best Cinematography documentary competition (La Valetta), Honorary Mention One Future Prize (Munich), Audience Award (Saratov), Special Mention FOCUS jury + Ecumenical Film Award (Zurich), Youth Jury Award (Vienna/This Human World Festival), Main Prize Documentary Environment + Main Prize Cinematography (Innsbruck/Nature Film Festival), Best Environmental Film (Poindimié, Ânûû-rû Âboro Festival International du Cinéma des Peuples)
 
Production company
Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion GmbH
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1130 Vienna
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L’ANIMALE wins Zurich Focus competition

Austrian contenders in focus at the Zurich closing ceremony:  L’ANIMALE by Katharina Mückstein took the Best Film award of the Focus Switzerland/Germany/Austria competition. WELCOME TO SODOM by Christian Krönes and Florian Weigensamer returns from the 14th Zurich film festival with a Special Mention of the Focus jury and the Ecumenical Film Award.