Keep on Rolling: the dream of the automobile, by Óscar Clemente, (Seville, 1974) is his latest short film documentary, presenting the main object devourer of cities, the car, the main protagonist of contemporary mobility. The result is often the development of a damaged ecosystem in which mobility is broken and in which citizens or users are relegated in their own environment.
SYNOPSIS
“It is being increasingly confirmed, under current politics, that the tendencies within transport and mobility are unsustainable.”
Green Book of Transport, European Union.
“For some years Europe seems to have exceededits car capacity limit in which now only a small increase in traffic is counterproductive generating negative effects with respect to increase in wealth, efficiency, comfort and ease that we may associate with car ownership.
Transport Report 2000, European Union.
Now, nobody can deny that the car is an inefficient mode of transport in large cities, and that the social, economic and environmental consequences are very worrying.
Every day, millions of Europeans spend around two hours in their cars, going to and from work. This represents a total of 15 days per year. That is to say, half of their holidays. This documentary aims to contribute through the use of irony and a sense of humour, to a change in the dependency of the car as the habitual form of transport in large cities, as well as to spread proposals for a new culture in mobility.
A new culture of mobility that is not based on limiting the movements of the individual, but in the reduction of this necessity and to reflect over new forms of transport and energy- saving configurations of our territory that are more efficient and respectful to the environment.
Our contribution to this debate consists of reflecting over the social mechanisms that put the car in its privileged position, analyze the impact in the expansion of the culture of the private car and give voice to the most interesting proposals that support a new culture in mobility.
Exceptionally, the first screening of the series will be held the fourth Monday in January with the passing of the film "Keep on Rolling: the dream of the automobile." (Oscar Clemente, 2011). The film reflects on the social mechanisms that have placed the car in the privileged position it occupies in our cities, while analyzing the impact of the expansion of the culture of private vehicles and gives voice to proposals for a new mobility culture.
"Keep on Rolling: the dream of the automobile."
by Oscar Clemente. Documentary. 56 min. 2011. HD.
Venue: COAC auditorio. Pl. Nova 5. Barcelona.Spain.
Dates: 28 January de 2012, 19:30 - 22:00.
Documentary. 56 min. 2011. HD.
Animation Intro, designed by Miguel Brieva and Diego Brieva and animated by Estudio Luzdemente. Sound Editing: Juan Egoscozabal. Sound Mix: Factoria de Ruidos. Music: Julio de la Rosa. Narrator: Ana Alonso.
Produced by La Balanza and Canal Sur Andalucía, with Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía and Flux Film.
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Best Documentary on Science & Technology & Education. Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival. (China). 2011.
Honorable Mention (Environmental Documentary). XXVIII Bogotá International Film Festival. (Colombia). 2011.
Honorable Mention WWF Italy. XV Cinemambiente. Torino (Italy). 2012.
Honorable Mention. Planete Doc Festival. Warsaw (Poland). 2012.
Gold Medal. China International Conference of Science and Education. Beijing (China). 2012
Nominated to the Best Documentary Award. ASECAN Awards 2013 (Spain).
