The Big Issue (website)
Type of site | Web documentary |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Honkytonk Films |
Created by | Samuel Bollendorff Olivia Colo |
URL | www |
The Big Issue is a web documentary on the obesity epidemic, directed by Samuel Bollendorff and Olivia Colo. It is not connected to The Big Issue, the British street newspaper.
In this interactive documentary the user goes on a personal journey into the causes of the explosive increase in obesity in contemporary society.
Awards[]
- 2009 : Sheffield Doc/Fest (Sheffield, UK), special mention for innovation awards.[1]
- 2009 : Prix Europa (Berlin, Germany), special mention in emerging media awards.[2]
Special screenings[]
- IDFA Doclab, Amsterdam, Netherlands – November 2009[3]
- Festival des 4 Ecrans, Paris, France – November 2009 (in competition for “web films”)
- European Doc Days, Torino, Italy – November 2009
References[]
External links[]
- Official website (in French)
- The Big Issue: Obesity at Doclab.org
- Cross-Platform documentaries @ Sheffield’s Doc Fest at Interactive Documentary.net
- L'obésité est-elle une fatalité? at Webdocu.fr (in French)
- L’obésité est-elle une fatalité? de Samuel Bollendorff et Olivia Colo at 3wdoc.com (in French)
- L'obésité est-elle une fatalité? at Rue89.com (in French)
Categories:
- French health websites
- Web documentaries
- Documentary films about obesity
- Science documentary stubs