ABOUT BREAKING SOCIAL

All societies are based on the idea of a social contract. We are told that if we work hard, if we treat others with respect, if we play by the rules, we will be rewarded. But then there’s the rule breakers. Those who make use of tax havens and reap profits without paying back to society.

BREAKING SOCIAL looks at global patterns of kleptocracy and extractivism. An assassinated investigative journalist in Malta. A river without water in Chile. When people reach a tipping point, they start to organize and protest. We will see those alreadyfighting at the frontlines of social uprisings across the world.

BREAKING SOCIAL explores the possibilities of overcoming injustice and corruption. A film about reimagining the building blocks of our societies and igniting seeds of hope that live within each of us.

FESTIVALS

CPH:DOX @ Copenhagen, Denmark
WORLD PREMIERE
16th of March 2023, competing in the F:ACT Award.
More info here

ONE WORLD @ Prague, Czech Republic

DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY @ Warsaw, Poland

DOK.FEST MUNICH @ Munich, Germany (Nominated for the kinokino Audience Award, sponsored by BR and 3sat)

SHEFFIELD DOCFEST @ Sheffield, England

IDFA @ Amsterdam, Netherland

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL @ Berlin, Germany

BERGEN IFF @ Bergen, Norway

CINEMAMBIENTE @ Torino, Italy

LEMESOS INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL @ Limassol, Cyprus

DOKUFEST KOSOVO @ Prizren, Kosovo

FESTIVAL DE CINEMA SVEDESE A VILLA SAN MICHELE @ Capri, Italy

LOVE & ANARCHY FILM FESTIVAL @ Helsinki, Finland

BIFED @ Bozcaada, Turkey

DOCS MX @ Mexico City, Mexico

SUNCINE @ Barcelona, Spain (in competition for the Golden Sun)

SILBERSALZ FILM FESTIVAL @ Halle an der Saale, Germany

FREE ZONE @ Belgrade, Serbia

ANTIRASISTISKA FILMDAGAR @ Malmö, Sweden

FIPADOC @ Biarritz, France

TEMPO @ Stockholm, Sweden

GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL @ Guatemala, Guatemala City

BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL @ Budapest, Hungary

FESTIVAL DELLE TERRE @ Rome, Italy

BIFED LEMNOS @ Lemnos, Greece

ECOFALANTE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL @ São Paulo, Brazil

FILMAMBIENTE @ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL @ Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL @ Tirana Albania

PRODUCTION INFO

Title: BREAKING SOCIAL

Genre: Documentary

Release: 2023

Country of production: Sweden

CREDITS

Director: Fredrik Gertten

Producer: Margarete Jangård

Editor: Benjamin Binderup

Cinematography: Janice D’avila

Production company: WG Film AB

Produced in co-production with: SVT, Film i Skåne, VPRO, NRK, RTS and Yle.

With support from: The Swedish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond and the Creative Europe programme of the European Union

AWARDS