70th edition. From 24 October to 1 November 2025.
70th edition.
24 Oct./1 Nov. 2025
2021 – 66th Edition
Climate Change

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Pavel Borecký
República Checa / Suiza / Jordania
 - 2020
Opta a: Espiga Verde

The vibration of machines echoes across the desert. Ever since Jordanian nomads settled in the spectacular landscape of Wadi Rum, they grew dependent on complex water infrastructure. The source is right below their feet, yet they struggle to meet basic needs. In the meantime, deep water extraction feeds private large-scale farms, animates visionary development and secures growing urban population. Bedouins, farmers and city dwellers: they all expect to have a fair share, but digging for ‘blue gold’ unleashes environmental timebomb.

Pavel Borecký

Pavel Borecký (Prague, 1986) is a social anthropologist and audiovisual ethnographer. In his community practice, Pavel runs the research organisation Anthropictures, curates the film programme EthnoKino, and co-organises the European Applied Anthropology Network. Pavel’s latest films ‘Solaris’ (2015) and ‘In the Devil’s Garden’ (2018) focused on the consumption culture in Estonia and the question of decolonisation in Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. ‘Living Water’ (2020) is his first feature documentary film.

DIRECTOR
Pavel Borecký
SCREENPLAY
Veronika Janatková
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Pavel Borecký
EDITOR
Pavel Borecký
SOUND
John Grzinich
MUSIC
Shadi Khries
PRODUCTION
Pavel Borecký, Veronika Janatková
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Anthropictures, Institute of Social Anthropology UNIBE, Center for Strategic Studies, UJ, Institute of Social Anthropology, Pandistan
FEATURING
Attalah Faraj Al Mazanh, Erga Rehns, Oubeid Al Zawaideh, Ali Hamad Al Zalabia, Tarek Atef Ahmed Bukah, Nazar Riyadh, Muna Dahabiyeh, Emad Hijazin
RUNNING TIME
77 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color y B/N
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2020
COUNTRY
República Checa / Suiza / Jordania
CONTACT
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