[sixpackfilm] Berlinale Shorts 2018 || Lukas Marxt: Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off) || screening line-up

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sixpackfilm would like to announce the screening dates of the world premiere during the competition 
of the Berlinale Shorts of the newest film of

Lukas Marxt
Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off) 
DE / AT 2018, 14 min



Located in the southwestern United States and featuring extensive growing areas for fruit and vegetables, Imperial Valley stretches out for 80 kilometres, right up to the Mexican border. In the north, it borders on Salton Sea, a man-made lake created in the early 19th century. The agricultural exploitation and settlement of the valley can only be sustained through artificial irrigation. The run-off water and fertilizer involved in that process are channelled unfiltered into the lake, which lacks a natural drainage system. In the 1940s the US military used the region to conduct bomb tests and in the 50s it was opened to tourism and touted as the Californian Riviera. With the continuing aridification of the area and the stirring up of toxic dust particles Salton Sea is becoming a threat to humans and the environment at large – an ecological and economic disaster.
The camera-laden drone rises into the air, where it follows the artificial waterway. Underscored by electronic film music, the images of monocultures look like abstract paintings. Still, again and again the viewer is reminded of the function of the geometric forms and figures. An urge to grasp what will remain takes root.


Sa	17.02.	16:00	CinemaxX 5 (E) - Press & Industry
Mo	19.02.	21:30	CinemaxX 3 (E)
Di	20.02.	17:30	Colosseum 1 (E)
Do	22.02.	16:00	CinemaxX 5 (E)


Brigitta Burger-Utzer and Dietmar Schwärzler will be in Berlin and available in regard to distribution and sales.

brigitta at sixpackfilm.com <mailto:brigitta at sixpackfilm.com> / 0043-699-1139 1906
dietmar at sixpackfilm.com <mailto:dietmar at sixpackfilm.com> / 0043- 650 901 87 32
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