<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">sixpack<b class="">film</b> would like to announce the screening dates of the <b class="">world premiere</b> during the competition </div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">of the <b class="">Berlinale Shorts</b> of the newest film of</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class="">Lukas Marxt</font></b></div><div class=""><font size="5" class=""><b class="">Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off)</b> </font></div><div class="">DE / AT 2018, 14 min</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="990BC86D-31F9-42B9-9F9D-53A7F0BCE89D" src="cid:61638DF7-A9D3-4383-918F-5AAAE02E6F39@local" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">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.</div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><br class=""></div><div class="">Sa<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>17.02.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>16:00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CinemaxX 5 (E) - Press & Industry</div><div class="">Mo<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>19.02.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>21:30<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CinemaxX 3 (E)</div><div class="">Di<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>20.02.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>17:30<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Colosseum 1 (E)</div><div class="">Do<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>22.02.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>16:00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CinemaxX 5 (E)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Brigitta Burger-Utzer and Dietmar Schwärzler will be in Berlin and available in regard to distribution and sales.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:brigitta@sixpackfilm.com" class="">brigitta@sixpackfilm.com</a> / 0043-699-1139 1906</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:dietmar@sixpackfilm.com" class="">dietmar@sixpackfilm.com</a> / 0043- 650 901 87 32</div></div></div></body></html>