Ironeaters (16+)
Germany, 2007, colour, 85 min.
Director: Shaheen Dill-Riaz
Director: Shaheen Dill-Riaz
The seasonal famine in the remote parts of northern Bangladesh forces farmers Kholil and Gadu to leave their fields and travel south to work as seasonal labourers in the infamous shipyards that line the beaches of Chittagong. Their new job is to dismantle the garbage of the Western World: large oil tankers, massive container ships and any vessel that has sailed the seas for too long. Without the machinery and protective equipment, they gut the ships right on the beach where they are driven ashore. Razorsharp pieces of metal, toxic chemicals, and hazardous tools turn the job into a living hell.
Russian premier
Russian premier
AWARDS
IDFF DOCAVIV (Tel Aviv, 2008) – First Prize; Achtung Berlin Film Award (Berlin, 2008) – First Prize; Hachenburger Filmfest (Hachenburg, 2008) – First Prize; CINEMA PLANETA (Mexico, 2009) – First Prize; Grimme Award, Category: Information & Culture (Marl, 2010).
Shaheen Dill-Riaz
Shaheen Dill-Riaz
is a filmmaker, director, producer, and writer. He was born in Dhaka (Bangladesh) in 1969 and then moved to Berlin in the early 1990s. He graduated from HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg. He lives in Berlin and works as an independent filmmaker, director and writer.
FILMOGRAPHY
One Day, Every Day, 1995; Eye Hears, Ear Sees, 1998; Sand and Water, 2002; The Happiest People, 2005; Ironeaters, 2007; Korankinder, 2009; The Networker, 2011; Side by Side, 2012; The Projectionist, 2012; Distant Fortune, 2015.
Germany, 2007, colour, 85 min.
Director: Shaheen Dill-Riaz
Director: Shaheen Dill-Riaz
The seasonal famine in the remote parts of northern Bangladesh forces farmers Kholil and Gadu to leave their fields and travel south to work as seasonal labourers in the infamous shipyards that line the beaches of Chittagong. Their new job is to dismantle the garbage of the Western World: large oil tankers, massive container ships and any vessel that has sailed the seas for too long. Without the machinery and protective equipment, they gut the ships right on the beach where they are driven ashore. Razorsharp pieces of metal, toxic chemicals, and hazardous tools turn the job into a living hell.
Russian premier
Russian premier
AWARDS
IDFF DOCAVIV (Tel Aviv, 2008) – First Prize; Achtung Berlin Film Award (Berlin, 2008) – First Prize; Hachenburger Filmfest (Hachenburg, 2008) – First Prize; CINEMA PLANETA (Mexico, 2009) – First Prize; Grimme Award, Category: Information & Culture (Marl, 2010).