The North Drift
Theatrical Release October 27, 2022
Synopsis
Our oceans are drowning in plastic waste that often arrives there via European rivers. To find out more, Steffen Krones builds a GPS buoy to follow the plastic waste’s journey to Lofoten.A German beer bottle, washed ashore on one of Norway’s remotest islands on the Lofoten archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. How did it get here? Did it really come from Germany? Or did a thirsty tourist down the beer and dispose of the bottle in the sea? Passionate about Norway’s unique scenery, film-maker Steffen Krones is keen to get to the bottom of the matter. Are rivers in Central Europe connected to the Arctic Sea? Can waste really travel so far? His personal curiosity turns into a scientific research project. Together with engineers and well-known scientists, Steffen wants to trace the journey of plastic waste from his home city of Dresden. They build GPS buoys which they launch on the river Elbe. Steffen’s friend Kris follows the experiment from Norway. Will the buoys really wash ashore somewhere in the Arctic? Will GPS data confirm suspicions that there are links between German rivers and the Arctic Circle? The film takes us on a scientific adventure down the river Elbe across the North Sea to Norway and shows us that we are part of a cycle in which every one of us has the power to make changes.
Festivals/Awards
2022CPH:DOX
Fünf Seen FF
Audience Award – One World International Human Rights DFF
38 Warsaw IFF
33 Filmfest Emden
Cast and Crew
- Director Steffen Krones
Original Languages
German
English
World Sales Company
NEW DOCSDasselstr. 75-77, 50674 Köln
Phone: +49 221 16819743
sales@newdocs.dehttp://www.newdocs.de
Production Company
ravir film GbRHeinrich-Cotta-Str.5, 01324 Dresden
Phone: +49 351 2633284
info@ravir.dehttps://www.ravir.de
Links / Reference
mindjazz pictures
mindjazz-pictures.de/filme/the...
www.thenorthdrift.com/
www.ravir.de/work/the-north-dr...