MONOBLOC
Hauke Wendler
PREMIÈRE SPANISH
SINOPSIS
Monobloc is a globally known and very common piece in any home, office, garden or living space. While some in the West consider it an insignificant chair, of vulgar design and of dubious quality, in other parts of the world it is considered an object of incalculable value that, due to its great versatility, has improved the lives of many people. How can a simple chair be despised and save lives at the same time? How can it be a source of plastic waste in Europe and the engine of a sustainable economy in Brazil? Monobloc presents the story of a worldwide successful design and opens our eyes to the contradictions, virtues and flaws that the same object represents depending on the place from where you look at it.
SCREENING:
Saturday, May 14 · 8:00 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. · Cinemes Girona · Room A
Thursday, May 12 · 9:30 p.m. – 11:20 p.m. · Cinemes Girona · Room A
2020 · ENGLISH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, GHANDA, HINDI, PORTUGUESE. OV with Spanish subtitles · 90 MIN
TITLE: MONOBLOC
DIRECTOR: HAUKE WENDLER
COUNTRY: GERMANY


HAUKE WENDLER
Director
Hauke Wendler (1967, Germany) is a German documentary filmmaker, journalist and producer based in Hamburg. After completing his university studies in Hamburg and London, he worked for 12 years as an author and director for NDR, the state broadcasting network in northern Germany. In 2006 he founded PIER 53 Filmproduktion, a Hamburg-based film production company, with his business partner Carsten Rau. The two have made a total of approximately 60 television documentaries for German public service broadcasters and six feature documentaries. Their films have been shown at renowned festivals in Germany and abroad (DOK Leipzig, DOK.fest Munich, Hot Docs, Full Frame) and have received several awards (among others the prestigious German Grimme-Preis twice).
FICHA TÉCNICA
TITLE: MONOBLOC
DIRECTOR: Hauke Wendler
YEAR: 2020
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: GERMANY
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:
DOK.fest Munich 2021
Milano Design Film Festival 2021
FilmFest Osnabrück 2021 (Opening Film)
Nordische Filmtage 2021
Braunschweig IFF 2021
Kasseler Dokfest 2021