Lithium Revolution

Directors: Andreas Pichler & Julio Weiss
2012 In distribution
52 min

The Lithium Revolution is a film coproduction by Polar Star Films and Gerbrueder Beetz.

Synopsis

In a time of global resource shortage and increasing energy prices, lithium is on its way to becoming ‘the’ natural resource of the 21st century. Lithium is the basis for a new kind of battery technology and thus a prerequisite for the spreading of electronic mobility. Is lithium an answer to the imminent energy crisis and key to the future?

In coproduction with Gebrueder Beetz, Germany
In cooperation with: WDR/ARTE
With the support of: MEDIA Development, NRW Filmstiftung and EED

Key Crew

Directors: Andreas Pichler & Julio Weiss
Producer: Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Executive Producer: Christian Beetz
Co-Producers Polarstarfilms: Carles Brugueras, Bettina Walter
Commissioning Editor: Sabine Rollberg, WDR/arte
Director of Photography: Jakob Stark
Editor: Christian R. Timmann

Screenings

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Festivals & Awards

Life After Oil Award 2014 (Italy)
Herbert Quandt Award 2013 (Germany)
DCEFF 2014 (USA) – Official selection
Ecofalante 2014 (Brazil)- Official selection
FIFEL 2014 (Switzerland) – Official selection
Festival du Film Vert 2015 (Switzerland) – Official selection