The Illusion of Abundance

Original title: La ilusión de la Abundancia

Genre: Documentary

Director: Erika González Ramirez, Matthieu Lietaert

Country: Belgium

Year: 2022

Duration: 59'

Language: Spanish, Portuguese, English

Subtitles: Spanish

Production: Not So Crazy! Productions

Topic: Business and Human Rights, Activism, Defense of the Earth, Capitalist extractivism, Wild capitalism

Bertha, Carolina and Màxima live in three different Latin American countries but share a common goal: they are leading the current struggle against modern-day conquerors. These environmental defenders are confronting some of the world’s largest extractive companies.

► Enjoy this feature film in FILMIN until April 28th.

Awards & Festivals

- Best Feature Film at One World Human Rights Film Festival 2023, Belgium
- Best Invisible Voices Film at Terra di Tutti Human Rights Film Festival 2023, Italy
- Best Environmental Film at Innsbruck Nature Film Festival 2022, Austria

La ilusión de la abundancia - Directores

Erika González Ramirez, Matthieu Lietaert

ERIKA GONZÁLEZ RAMÍREZ
Before starting this film project, Erika was, from 2013 to 2018, managing director and advocacy manager of the GRUPO SUR network for several EU NGOs active in Latin America. She led advocacy activities with EU institutions, especially in the area of human rights violations with a special focus on violence against women and femicide. She led the GRUPO SUR network and became the current EU-LAT network after leaving the job. From 2006 to 2012 she worked as a journalist for Euranet, working in the weekly program of European political analysis and the daily current affairs program. “The Illusion of Abundance” is Erika’s first film.

MATTHIEU LIETAERT
Matthieu obtained a PhD from the European University Institute, the university funded by the European Commission and the EU member states. He then made a film about his doctorate for ARTE, RTBF and ORF + an interactive serial game for ARTE. He wrote the book WEBDOCS – A survival guide for online filmmakers (with the support of IDFA, Power to the pixel, Dok Leipzig, Arte, EDN, Sheffield Docfest, MediaStorm).

Filmography

– Los Negocios de Bruselas (2012)
– Climate Ops (2016)
– Ads in Wonderland (2019)

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