Toxic Playground

William Johansson, Lars Edman
  • Sweden
  • 2009
  • 70min
  • DigiBeta
  • Color
Latin America Now

Synopsis

Children in Arica, in the North of Chile, are falling badly ill because of toxic waste dumped there by a Swedish company in the 1980's. Lars, a young filmmaker, persuades Rolf, the former head of the company’s environmental division, to deal with his past wrong doing. Rolf agrees to go back to Chile to face the consequences of his company’s actions.

Director

  • William Johansson, Lars Edman
    Lars Edman & William Johansson met at a film school in Valparaíso, Chile, in 2004. Since then they've worked together and attended Biskops Arnö Dumantary Film School in Sweden in 2006. is their first feature length documentary, and it has already been awarded at international festivals and after the broad casting on national TV in Sweden, it was screened in the Swedish parliament.

    Toxic Playground (2009)

Credits

  • Director  Lars EDMAN, William Johansson
  • Producer  Andreas Rocksén
  • Cinematographer  Andreas Rocksén
  • Editor  Göran Gester
  • Sound  Göran Geste

Distributor/World Sales

  • Distributor/World Sales  Laika Film & Television AB
  • Address  Laika Film & Television AB Tavstgatan 16 Stockholm, 118 24, Sweden
  • Tel  4686680532
  • E-mail  andreas@laikafilm.se