Bottled Life
Bottled Life – Nestlé's Business with Water
Switzerland / Germany, January 2012
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Urs Schnell
- Written by
- Res Gehriger, Urs Schnell
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.bottledlifefilm.com
Can you imagine someone turning ordinary water into a billion dollar business? The secret key to the blue gold lies in the hand of Swiss transnational nutrition company Nestlé. Nestlé generates 10 billion Swiss francs a year with bottled water. A Zurich-based journalist starts investigating into his country’s most powerful corporation. He wants to find out what is behind Nestlé's fastest growing line of business. His journey leads him from Switzerland to the USA and Pakistan. He gets involved in a harsh fight between citizens trying to protect their local sources and an international giant.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2012
- Original Version
- Amharic, English, Urdu, German (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 90 min.
- Production
- DokLab GmbH, Eikon Film Südwest, SRG SSR, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, ARTE G.E.I.E.
- Producer
- Urs Schnell, Christian Drewing
- directed by
- Urs Schnell
- Written by
- Res Gehriger, Urs Schnell
- Cinematography
- Laurent Stoop
- Editing
- Dodo Hunziker
- Music
- Ivo Alessandro Ubezio
- Location Sound Mix
- Dodo Hunziker
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Rise and Shine World Sales UG
Worldwide Distribution
- Austria
-
Thimfilm GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 25.10.2013 - Belgium
- Lichtpunt TV Rights
- Germany
-
W-Film Distribution
Distribution
Release date: 12.09.2013 - Switzerland
-
Frenetic Films
Distribution
Release date: 25.01.2012
Awards
(a selection)
- New York Festivals TV & Films, Silver World Medal Environment & Ecology 2013 (Winner)
- Green Me Festival, Green Me Award für besten Dokumentarfilm 2013 (Winner)
- Filmambiente International Environmental Film Festival, Best Film Journalistic Relevance Award 2013 (Winner)
- Mountainfilm International Filmfestival Graz, Kamera Alpin in Gold 2012 (Winner)
- Chicago, Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards, Silver Plaque Documentary: Science/Nature 2013 (Winner)
-
Bad Homburg, Herbert Quandt Medienpreis,
Herbert Quandt Medienpreis
2013
(Winner)
Urs Schnell
Festivals
(a selection)
-
1st Bled Film Festival
17.06.2014 - 21.06.2014 -
9e Festival international du film écologique de Bourges
10.10.2013 - 13.10.2013 -
3rd Filmambiente Rio de Janeiro
29.08.2013 - 04.09.2013 -
New York Festivals TV & Films
20.06.2013 - 20.06.2013 -
Green Film Festival in Seoul
09.05.2013 - 16.05.2013 -
Washington Environment Film Festival
12.03.2013 - 24.03.2013 -
Docs for Sale
16.11.2012 - 23.11.2012 -
Wiesbaden, 25. exground filmfest Wiesbaden
16.11.2012 - 25.11.2012 -
24. Internationales Berg & Abenteuer Filmfestival
13.11.2012 - 17.11.2012 -
Mexico City, 7th Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México
08.11.2012 - 18.11.2012
-
Astra International Film Festival of Documentary Sibiu
15.10.2012 - 21.10.2012 -
Seia, 18th Cine Eco Environmental International Film and Video Festival
06.10.2012 - 13.10.2012 -
Vancouver, 31st Vancouver International Film Festival
27.09.2012 - 12.10.2012 -
International Film Festival of New Films Split
15.09.2012 - 22.09.2012 -
Fünf-Seen-Land, 6. Fünf Seen Filmfestival
26.07.2012 - 05.08.2012 -
Natur-Vision Filmfestival
05.07.2012 - 08.07.2012 -
Torino, Environmental Film Festival - Cinemambiente
31.05.2012 - 05.06.2012 -
Leuven, 8th Docville International Documentary Film Festival Leuven
27.04.2012 - 05.05.2012 -
Beijing, 2nd Beijing International Film Festival
23.04.2012 - 28.04.2012 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2012 - 26.01.2012