A Crude Awakening – The Oil Crash
The Oil Crash
Switzerland, March 2006
FILM,
Documentary,
85 min.
- directed by
- Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack, Reto Caduff
- Written by
- Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
- Status
- In distribution
The film examines the state of the world's dwindling oil resources. It finds that we're running out of fossil fuels much sooner than anticipated. Industry leaders, scientists and some politicians tell us about the dire consequences the world is facing as it moves from cheap abundant energy supply to scarce, hard to get and expensive energy.
credits
- World Premiere
- March 2006
- Original Version
- English, colour, Digi Beta, 85 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0001-6562-0000-I OilCrash
- Production
- Lava Productions AG
- Producer
- directed by
- Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack, Reto Caduff
- Written by
- Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
- Cinematography
- Frank Messmer, Daniel Pfisterer
- Editing
- Georgia Wyss
- Music
- Philip Glass, Philippe Kuhn
- Animation
- Melinda Gelpke
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Cinetic Media
Worldwide Distribution
- Australia
- Madman Entertainment Distribution
- Canada
- Mongrel Media Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Palm Beach, Palm Beach International Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature 2007 (Winner)
- Telluride, Telluride Mountain Film Festival, Must-See Wake-Up Call Award 2007 (Winner)
- Leuven, Docville Film Festival, Jury Special Mention 2007 (Winner)
- Festival Internacional de Cinema del Medi Ambient, The Golden Sun - Best Film - The Highest Award of the International Jury 2007 (Winner)
- Bergen internasjonale filmfestival (BIFF), Youth Doc Award 2006 (Winner)
- Tahoe/Reno, Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival, Winner, "Best of the Fest" 2006 (Winner)
- Galway Film Fleadh, Audience Award 2006 (Winner)
- Tahoe/Reno, Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival, Best of the Fest - Social Action 2006 (Winner)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2006 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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5th Green Film Festival in Seoul
22.05.2008 - 28.05.2008 -
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
02.12.2007 - 08.12.2007 -
Sheffield, Sheffield International Documentary Festival
07.11.2007 - 11.11.2007 -
Cesky Krumlov, 33rd International Film Festival on the Environment and Cultural Heritage
08.10.2007 - 14.10.2007 -
16th Woods Hole Film Festival
28.07.2007 - 04.08.2007 -
14e Festival internacional de Cinema del MediAmbient
07.06.2007 - 14.06.2007 -
Leuven, Docville Film Festival
30.05.2007 - 05.06.2007 -
Telluride, Telluride Mountain Film Festival
26.05.2007 - 29.05.2007 -
Palm Beach, Palm Beach International Film Festival
19.04.2007 - 26.04.2007 -
Buenos Aires, 9. Buenos Aires Independent International Film Festival
03.04.2007 - 15.04.2007
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6th Tiburon International Film Festival
20.03.2007 - 30.03.2007 -
6th Eurodok European Documentary Film Festival
14.03.2007 - 18.03.2007 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2007 - 28.01.2007 -
Copenhagen, 4th cph:dox Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival
10.11.2006 - 19.11.2006 -
Seville, 3rd Sevilla Festival de Cine
03.11.2006 - 11.11.2006 -
Leeds, 20th Leeds International Film Festival
02.11.2006 - 12.11.2006 -
20th AFI FEST - AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival
01.11.2006 - 12.11.2006 -
Sheffield, Sheffield International Documentary Festival
30.10.2006 - 05.11.2006 -
Bergen internasjonale filmfestival (BIFF)
18.10.2006 - 25.10.2006 -
Wookstock Film Festival 2006
11.10.2006 - 15.10.2006 -
Warsaw, 22nd Warsaw International Film Festival
06.10.2006 - 15.10.2006 -
Zurich, Zurich Film Festival
02.10.2006 - 08.10.2006 -
Vancouver, 25th Vancouver International Film Festival
28.09.2006 - 13.10.2006 -
Tahoe/Reno, Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival 2006
23.08.2006 - 27.08.2006 -
Edinburgh, 60th Edinburgh International Film Festival
14.08.2006 - 27.08.2006 -
Melbourne, Melbourne International Film Festival
26.07.2006 - 13.08.2006 -
Wellington Film Festival
21.07.2006 - 06.08.2006 -
Auckland, New Zealand International Film Festival
13.07.2006 - 30.07.2006 -
Galway Film Fleadh
11.07.2006 - 16.07.2006 -
Newport, Rhode Island, 9th Newport International Film Festival
06.06.2006 - 11.06.2006 -
Toronto, 13th Canadian International Documentary Festival
28.04.2006 - 07.05.2006