Thurnfilm

What happens to the food we digest after it leaves our body? Is it waste that is thrown away or a resource that can be reused? In search of answers, director Rubén Abruña embarks on an investigative and entertaining search through 16 cities on four continents. He follows the trail of feces from the long sewers of Paris to a huge sewage treatment plant in Chicago.

A third of Europeans live in economic insecurity: Zero hours contracts, the fear of redundancy and stagnating wages have brought more and more people into poverty and precariousness and provided fertile conditions for the political extremes. This documentary focuses on the new working poor, the precariat.

Animals in factory farming are susceptible to disease. This is why antibiotics are used. This massive use leads to the development of more and more germs that become resistant to antibiotics. This means that even more antibiotics have to be administered. A vicious circle. Antibiotics and resistant germs also reach humans through the consumption of meat. In the event of illness, or even an emergency, it is becoming increasingly difficult for doctors to find medication for patients, as widespread resistance has already developed.

Industrial agriculture ensures our food supply and has made vegetables, fruit and meat cheaper. However, its negative consequences are becoming increasingly apparent. For one year, the documentary accompanies farmers who are looking for alternatives to industrial agriculture. And it asks what role we consumers and EU subsidies play in this.

When filmmaker Efthymia Zymvragaki fled her native island of Crete as a young adult, she hoped to leave her violent childhood behind her. But in Spain, her memories are reawakened when a man asks her to make a film about him and his violence.