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Plastic Age - Forever?

Will future archaeologists one day call our time the "Plastic Age"?

The name will probably come from the plastic waste we are currently dumping into our soils, which comes from all areas of our life - plastic items that will still be perfectly preserved in 500 to 1000 years.
Plastic waste and microplastics in the oceans are visible and a topic of public debate already - big projects have been launched to try and clean up the garbage islands in the seas - but the plastic waste we introduce into our local soils is a much bigger problem for environment and agriculture/food production. Once underground the waste becomes invisible to us, little awareness or will for countermeasures currently exist.

The film Plastic Age - Forever? depicts these problems and shows alternatives and potential solutions.

Logline: "Plastic age - forever?": A look at our "plastic age" legacy, exploring hidden soil pollution and urgent solutions.

  • Sebastian Postl
    Director
  • Sebastian Pichelhofer
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sebastian Postl, Sebastian Pichelhofer

Sebastian Postl
Creator of the documentary film course “BOKUdoku” at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. In 2008 Sebastian founded the Postl Film production company based in Graz. He works as a producer, director and cinematographer. His true passion is making documentary films.

Sebastian Pichelhofer
Before joining the Multimedia Department at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna as director and cinematographer Sebastian worked in post production of numerous TV documentary films, cinema feature films and commercials. Sebastian loves operating at the boundary between art, science and technology. He also leads the apertus° open source cinema project developing free and open technology for professional film production, like the AXIOM high end modular cinema camera.

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