Joint Winner - International Premiere Award

Sponsored by Plan UK

End of the Rainbow, Robert Nugent, Andrea Lang, Mitzi Goldman, Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Michel Zwecker, Looking Glass Pictures and Trans Europe Film

This observational documentary followed the setting-up of a goldmine in a remote area of Guinea, West Africa, over a two-year period. The filmmakers had access to both the local community, and the staff on the mine. The result was a film that brought home the realities of globalisation, and the way it can change lives and landscapes irrevocably.

LISTEN - John-Pierre Gibrat, one of the producers, talking about what it means to win the award (23 secs - left click to listen in new window, right click to download)

The jury said:
 

"The jury was amazed at what End of the Rainbow managed to film and the story it managed to tell. The filmmakers followed the arrival of a goldmining multi-national in a remote jungle in Guinea, West Africa. They managed to film with the company, the white managers, the local military who provide security and the local villagers on whose land the mining was taking place. We saw all sides of the story. Without any overt judgement, the film portrayed how modern multi-nationals are exploiting the local population in much the same way the colonials did a hundred or two hundred years ago. The jury felt it was like a modern version of a novel by Joseph Conrad, as the horrific outcomes of perfectly rational, and sometimes well-meaning behaviour became apparent. As such, the film, whilst telling a particular story, managed to tell a much bigger tale about globalisation and exploitation."

 

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