The North Drift - Plastik in Strömen

How does a beer bottle from Germany end up in the pristine landscape beyond the Arctic Circle? Director Steffen Krones decides to track the path of plastic waste from continental Europe to the cliffs of the Norwegian Lofoten archipelago. The Dresden-based filmmaker and his friends build unique buoys equipped with GPS locators to observe how the European river network connects to the ocean. Steffen transforms what was originally a solo initiative inspired by his horror over the fact that European waste pollutes even the planet’s remotest corners, into a scientific project involving engineers, oceanographers and the public. Breath-taking shots of the majestic Norwegian landscape and scenes of team enthusiasm from following the route of the buoys alternate with shocking images of mounds of plastic occupying a landscape previously untouched by civilisation. (One World)