A Decent Factory
A decent Factory is a documentary film about globalisation, using Nokia as the subject.
In our global economy Western companies are more and more moving their production to countries where costs are lower. This is causing cultural and moral dilemmas, because in these countries the working conditions, workers’ rights and environmental issues are often in conflict with the practices of Western countries. At the same time international investment funds are looking much closer at the ethical side of businesses.
The film constitutes a subtle, classic documentary drama, between two European women and a European male manager, who have all been thrown into the middle of a foreign culture due to the global economy.
INFO
Movie title
A Decent Factory
Original title
A Decent Factory
Production year
2004
Genre
Documentary
Length
79 min
Director
Thomas Balmès
Screenplay
Thomas Balmès
Crew
Cinematography
Thomas Balmès
Editing
Catherine Gouze
Audio
Mervi Junkkonen/Pirkko Tiitinen/Tuomas Klaavo
Producers
Kaarle Aho/Thomas Balmès/Olivier Mille, Making Movies Oy & Margot Films
Awards
PRIX EUROPA 2005
BERLIN, GERMANY, OCT 2005
SPECIAL COMMENDATION
TV CURRENT AFFAIRS
Festivals
Film museum, Munhen, Germany, Dec 2005
Human rights film festival, Warsav, Poland, Dec 2005
International human rights film festival, Budapest, Hungary, dec 2005
IDFA, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov 2004
Film Forum, New York, USA, Jun-Jul 2005
HOT DOCS, Toronto, Canada, Apr-May 2005
It’s all true, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March-Apr 2005
DOCAVIV, Tel Aviv, Israel, Apr 2005
Love and Anarchie Festival, Helsinki, Finland, Sept 2005
HRFF, Paris, France, March-Apr 2005
EDOC, Quito, Equador, March-Apr 2005
Adelaide International Film Festival, Adelaide, Australia, Feb-March 2005
Göteborg Film Festival, Göteborg, Sweden, Jan-Feb 2005
1001 Docs, Istanbul, Turkey, March 2005
Jeden Svet, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2005
HRFF, Bologne, Italy, March-Apr 2005
Visions Du Réel, Nyons, Switzerland, Apr 2005
International Documentary Film Festival, Munich, Germany, May 2005
Britspotting, Berlin, Germany, Apr 2005
Freiburg Film Forum, Freiburg, Germany, May 2005
Cinema Media Ambient, Barcelona, Spain, Jun 2005
Amnesty International Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 2005
Mountain Top Festival, Mountain, USA, Jan 2005
Ecofilms, Rhodes, Greece, Jun 2005
Doclisboa, Lissabon, Portugal, Oct 2005
Norwegian Short Film Fest, Bergen, Norway, Jun 2005
New Zealand Film Festival, New Zealand, New Zealand, Jul-Aug 2005
Medios FICDH, Barcelona, Spain, Oct 2005
Human Rights Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, Dec 2005
JIFF Jakarta International Film Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec 2005
DIFF Dubai International Film Festival, Dubai, Dec 2005
Crossing Europe Film Festival, Linz, Austria, Apr 2006
Finnish Documentary Film Week, French Institute in Athens, Greece, Feb 2005
Finnish Documentary Film Week, Thessalonki, Greece, Apr 2005
EIDF/EBS International Documentary Festival Seoul, South-Korea, Aug-Sep 2005
Green Film Festival, Seoul, South-Korea, Sept 2005
Prix Europa, Berlin, Germany, Oct 2005
Dresden Human Rights Film Festival, Dresden, Germany, Nov 2005
Viennale, Vienna, Austria, Oct 2005
Tri Continental Film Festival, New Delhi, India, Jan 2006