Dead Sea Dying

by Katharina Rabl, Rebecca Zehr
  • Manuel Lübbers | taro films | HFF Munich
  • 2019 Manuel Lübbers | taro films | HFF Munich
  • 2019 Manuel Lübbers | taro films | HFF Munich
  • 2019 Manuel Lübbers | taro films | HFF Munich
  • 2019 Manuel Lübbers | taro films | HFF Munich
  • 2019 Manuel Lübbers | taro films | HFF Munich

    Synopsis

    On the banks of the Dead Sea, there where God is said to have destroyed the sinful cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, the earth is once again opening up; the sea level is dropping by one meter per year, and there on the banks of the salt lake, date trees and massage parlors are being consumed by sinkholes. While the name of the lake itself seems to be transforming into a self-fulfilling prophecy, tremendous industrial facilities twinkle at night at the site where Sodom once existed. Tourists feel their way around in the waters in search of cures, and behind the beaches, excavators are digging up the land in preparation for the next luxury hotel. A kaleidoscopic look at a dystopian place where people perpetually revolve around themselves.

    Festivals

    2019
    Tënk Award – Visions du Réel Nyon
    34 DOK.fest Munich
    EDOC Festival Ecuador
    Shortfilm FF Hamburg
    ForadCamp
    dokumentART
    2022
    65 DOK Leipzig – Time to Act! Our House Is on Fire

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Katharina Rabl, Rebecca Zehr

    Producer

    Philipp Link, Max Scherer

    Sound Design

    Johannes Wendler

    Narrator

    Mona Vojacek Koper