ERR together with Mondo and the film-makers writer Anna
Gavronski, director Märten Vaher and
cinematographer Meelis Kadastik organised public screening to the
documentary.
On 7nd February 2017 the documentary “Sparkling Rivers” was premiered in Kinomaja cinema in Tallinn with 75 viewers.
On the right: Estonian Green Movement project
coordinator Mihkel Annus, author of film “Sparkling Rivers” Anna Gavronski, Estonian Roundtable for
Development Cooperation renewable energy specialist Sigrid Solnik, Eesti
Energia renewable energy specialist Innar Kaasik and neighbour of the
biggest hydro in Estonia Margus Teemant.
Briefly about
the film.
Georgia is not only a country
of wine and high mountains, but it has also more than 25.000 rivers. Running
water is a richness that has been noticed by a lot of investors and made
Georgia their desired destination. Even now 80 per cent of Georgian electricity
comes from hydroelectricity power plants and in the near future there are plans
to construct more than 100 new stations. For thousands of people it means they
have to be resettled. Shady deals, unclear investors registered in tax havens,
energy minister’s business interests in the hydro construction company and
deaths by landslides during construction of one large hydro. Is that a fair
price for Georgian people have to pay? Environmental activist Dato Chipashvili
fights against these hundred million investment projects putting the interests
of local people and transparency first.
After five-hour drive from Tbilisi
we arrived at the Enguri dam, the world’s second highest dam of its kind. We
were stunned, the concrete arch was gigantic, its height is 271.5 meters.
Our guide Dato Chipashvili from an NGO called Green
Alternative explained, how in his opinion the old dam could be made more
effective.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
has agreed to provide US$200 million for Georgia's 280-MW Nenskra hydropower plant. On the other hand, people from Nakra village are afraid that their homes
will be flushed away by a mud river.
We had been asking for an interview with the minister
of energy Kakha Kaladze.
The film Sparkling Rivers was selected to the
official programme of Barcelona International Environmental Film Festival FICMA
and won the award for the best short documentary.
Besides
Barcelona our film Sparkling Rivers
was shown in October at the SunChild International Environmental Festival in
Yerevan, Armenia. The festival is the first and only of its kind in the South
Caucasus region. Our film was one of the 83 films chosen for the official
section, it was selected from 1214 submitted films.
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