The Miracle of Almería
Directed by Moon Blaisse, foreseen 2023
Main Info
Essayist documentary series, Belgium
Synopsis
In The Miracle of Almeria, the farmers and migrant workers start a dialogue in order to understand how, over 50 years, Almerìa grew from an empty desert to a white, plastic kingdom and thereon to an exhausted wasteland.
Credits
Director Moon Blaisse
Written by Moon Blaisse & Thomas Bellinck
Producer Emmy Oost
Co-producer Katja Draaijer - BALDR Film
Co-producers David Fonjallaz & Louis Mataré - Lomotion (CH)
With the support of Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Casa Kafka Pictures, Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter empowered by Belfius, The Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government, VRT, Belgian Development Cooperation, Eurimages, Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Netherlands Film Fund, Berner Filmförderung, Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union, SRF, Doha Film Institute, Mediafonds - LEF stipend, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Kunsten & Erfgoed, The Pascal Decroos Fund
Awards
DAE Encouragement Award at Visions du Réel (CH) 2020
Selections
Docs in Thessaloniki 2017 (GR)
CPH:FORUM 2017 (DK)
DOK Leipzig Co-Production Market 2017 (DE)
Medimed 2018 (ES)
Venice Gap-Financing Market 2019 (IT)
