My 1st Documentary
Best Woman Filmmaker
„OFF THE MARK” is a documentary about climate change, the “Green Shift” and plastic pollution in the Norwegian Finnmark. Temperatures in Northern Norway are rising steadily and the destruction of the environment is increasing. For years, the German dog mushers Willem and Steffi Betzel have felt the big changes in the wilderness first-hand. So, they decided to become active themselves to protect the fragile Arctic nature.
A first starting point is microplastic because this clearly shows the influence of humans on the environment. Knowing how much pollution there is and where it comes from is the cornerstone of a nature conservation approach.
The people most affected by microplastics and climate change in the North are the Sámi, one of the last indigenous peoples in Europe.
For the Sámi, living with nature means using nature.
The Arctic is warming three times as fast as the global average and it has already devastating consequences on wildlife, but also on cultural practices, like reindeer herding. The Norwegian government believes that with the so called “Green Shift” the country will challenge energy security and climate change. The quest towards a low-carbon society requires the development of more renewable energy and the mining of more minerals.
But when the “Green Shift” becomes just an extraction of resources in Sámi areas it creates an existence-threatening situation that pushes the Sámi people to their physical and mental limits!