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Films for information
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Les années des TitansEnergie éolienne
Documentaire
Suisse 2001
80'
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Commentaire anglais Réalisation Edgar Hagen
Production Tmaximage, Zurich
Between 1950 and 1966, thousand of people left for the high mountains of Valais. It is there that they established a temporary civilization made of barracks standing on hillsides, like Tibetan convents. From there, in extreme conditions, they blew up the rock under the Matterhorn: they notably dug 160 km-long galleries, in order to bring water from 35 glaciers to the highest dam in the world: the «Grande Dixence». Minors and intellectuals such as writer Maurice Chappaz go through this infinite black abyss again, along which the only witnesses of their epic are still-standing abandoned vestiges.
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Aftershocks: The Rough Guide To DemocracyCharbon
Documentaire
Inde 2002
66'
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Commentaire anglais Réalisation et productionRakesh Sharma, Bombay
January 26, 2001: A devastating earthquake strikes Gujarat and leaves about 20 000 people dead and over 1 000 homes destroyed. This film is neither about the quake and its tragic aftermath nor about inadequate relief and rehabilitation. It's a simple tale - the government controlling the GMDC mining company sees the quake as a God sent opportunity to acquire lignite rich villages without dealing with «messy issues» like compensation, resettlement and grazing rights. It engages in the ongoing debate -Environment vs. development.
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The Fire WithinCharbon
Documentaire
Inde 2002
57'
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Commentaire anglais Réalisation et productionShriprakash, New Dehli
This film tells the story of the struggle of the farmers from several villages, leading a merciless fight against the mining company which is destroying their villages, moving their population and exploiting the local workforce. They are supported in their crusade by the unions, but the battle is bitter and there are numerous victims.
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Power to the peopleEnergies renouvelables
Documentaire
Grande-Bretagne 2001
24'
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Commentaire anglais Réalisation Janet Boston
Production Television Trust For the Environment, Londres
This short film reveals the latest in high and low energy technologies. The «Glowstar» in Kenya sees how a new solar powered light might replace kerosene and candles in rural areas. «Generating Currents» shows how a water turbine in Peru is providing power from an Amazonian village removed from the grid; «New Wave» reveals the latest in wave power in Scotland; «Cepheus» in Austria looks at how thermal buildings cut the need for conventional heating and «Solar City» in Freiburg shows the very latest in solar panelling.
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«One Step Ahead»Electricité
Documentaire
Chypre 2002
4'40"
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Commentaire grec Réalisation Electricity Authority of Cyprus
Production Tetraktys Films Ltd, Nicosie
The film begins with the establishment of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus in 1952. Taking the viewer through the various stages of the electrification of the island and major development projects the film ends with the EAC's preparations to enter a liberalised market in view of Cyprus's accession to the European Union. The viewer travels through an animated channel representing the electric cable stopping along the way at various periods in time which constitute the milestones in the history of the EAC in Cyprus.
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Documentaire
Suisse 2002
8'14"
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Commentaire allemand Réalisation Martin Cleis, Béla Böke
Production Cleis Kunst & Grafik, Arlesheim
This film, which will be shown in the visitors centre of Gasverbund Mitteland, informs the interested customer about the business, the duties and the visions of the biggest and oldest naturals-gas-distributor and gas-trading company in Switzerland. the blue flame and flowing grafic elements in different compositions show in a symbolic way throughout the whole movie the permanent flowing of the gaseous energy.
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The GasmysteryGaz
Documentaire
Pays-Bas 2001
10'
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Commentaire hollandais Réalisation Zeno Groenewegen
Production New Media Group, Leiden
A detective is given the assignment to discover the origins of gas as well as its uses. He travels along underground gas pipes and finds himself in situations in which the common factor is the use of this energy form, like for instance in a bakery, a catering company, households, etc.
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The Tandem CellEnergie solaire
Documentaire
France 2001
8'
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Commentaire anglais Réalisation Octav Enea
Production Mugur Enea, BoulogneBillancourt
The tandem cell produces Hydrogen, one of the most promising fuels for the future, through artificial photosynthesis. This process allows to achieve greater efficiency with regard to classic photovoltaic systems. The Hydrogen Production Company has been created in order to support the research required to optimize the tandem cell, to ensure its development on an industrial scale, and offer humanity a clean source of energy.
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West of Shetland:
The Foinaven StoryPétrole
Documentaire
Grande-Bretagne 2000
26'
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Commentaire anglais Réalisation Richard Smith
Production Take 3 Productions, Londres
When oil was discovered beneath the bed of the Atlantic Ocean, it was a voyage into the unknown: finding how to extract it economically and safely; very deep water; swirling currents; appalling weather; environmental concerns, etc. Then there were environmental protests against the project, as well as having to deal with the unique technical challenges of working at water depths where no human can survive. This is the story of a daring achievement bringing oil ashore safely from the Foinaven field, beneath the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Shetlands.
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Assainissement du barrage de CleusonElectricité
Documentaire
Suisse 1997
13'
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Commentaire français Réalisation Jean-Pierre Guillermin
Production Gian Rechsteiner, Lausanne
The Cleuson dam is situated at the bottom of the Nendaz Valley (Valais, Switzerland). The film describes the important repair work the dam underwent between 1994 and 1998 and follows the main stages of the operations. The engineer's technical rigour is shown side by side with the poetry which emerges from this mountainous area, where nature and tradition are still intact.
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