Crédits

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  • DirectionDenis Delestrac
  • NarrationChristian Allard
  • Production ManagerAnne Le Grev?s
  • In charge of productionMarianne Jestaz
  • Post-production DirectorIan Quenneville
  • ResearchJulie Hamaide
  • EditingMich?le Hollander, Seamus Haley, Ibon Olaskoaga, Natacha Dufaux
  • ImagesMarc Martinez Sarrado, Alam Raja Verg?s
  • Additional ImagesRoger Sogu?s, William Japhet, Denis Auclair
  • Original MusicJean-S?bastien Robitaille
  • Music MixFran?ois Arbour
  • Sound conceptionBenoit Dame
  • Produced byGuillaume Rappeneau, Laurent Mini, Karim Samai, Nathalie Barton

Coproduced by

Rappi Productions

La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse

ARTE France

InformAction

Press

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An upfront investigation by Denis Delastrac, who is familiar with painful awakenings La Croix, France

A brilliant and alarmist documentary TV Grandes Chaines, France

A striking cry of alarm which shines light upon a critical environmental issue T?l? Poche, France

Denis Delastrac delivers a striking overview T?l? cable satellite, France

Festivals

Prague Eko Film Festival 2013 International jury award for best movie in the Inspiration category

San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival Environement Award 2014

Banff World Media Festival Nominated for a Rockie Award 2014

International ?Gold Panda? Awards for Documentary of 2013 (12th) Sichuan TV Festival Best Nature & Environment Protection Award

FICMA (Barcelona ? Spain) 2013 Golden Sun ? Best documentary

Japan Prize 2013, NHK in Tokyo "Second Prize - Welfare Education Category"

Japan Prize 2013

Planet in Focus -Toronto 2013

Escales documentaires de La Rochelle 2013

FICMA International Environmental Film Festival 2013

Barichara Festiver Cine Verde 2013

Rio de Janeiro Filmambiante 2013

Buenos Aires Greenfilmfest 2013

Hawa? International Film Festival 2013

Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Fest 2013

Melbourne Environmental Film Festival 2013

Orlando Film Festival 2013

FIFE- Paris International Environmental Film Festival 2014

Washington Environmental Film Festival 2014

Statement of intent

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Short summary

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By the end of the 21st century, beaches will be a thing of the past. That is the alarming forecast of a growing number of scientists and environmental NGOs. Sand Wars takes us around the world as it tracks the contractors, sand smugglers and unscrupulous property developers involved in the new gold rush, and meets the environmentalists and local populations struggling to reverse the threat to the future of this resource that we all take for granted.   

Long summary

By the end of the 21st century, beaches will be a thing of the past. That is the alarming forecast of a growing number of scientists and environmental NGOs. Sand has become a vital commodity for our modern economies: we use it in our toothpaste, detergents, and cosmetics, and computers and mobiles couldn’t exist without it.  Our houses, skyscrapers, bridges and airports are all basically made with sand: it has become the most widely consumed natural resource on the planet after fresh water.  The worldwide construction boom fuelled by emerging economies and increasing urbanization has led to intensive sand extraction on land and in the oceans, with damaging environmental impacts. Sand Wars takes us around the world as it tracks the contractors, sand smugglers and unscrupulous property developers involved in the new gold rush, and meets the environmentalists and local populations struggling to reverse the threat to the future of this resource that we all take for granted.