FREIGHTENED: The Real Price of Shipping has been awarded the Prix Tournesol at the Festival du Film Vert in Switzerland.

The jury awarded the Tournesol prize “for its originality and excellent production.” Mentioning how the film reveals an all-but-visible industry and raises awareness about the environmental and social impact, as well as the traceability of the things we buy and consume. According to the jury, “the public does not come out unscathed from this film.”

Director Denis Delestrac dedicated the award to the team and the crew of the ships that travel the world every day. According to him, “thanks to festivals such as Festival du Film Vert it is possible to highlight issues like this.”

FREIGHTENED competed for the prize along with other films selected by the festival committee such as Food Coop (Tom Boothe, 2016), Futur d’espoir (Guillaume Thébault, 2016), The True Cost (Andrew Morgan, 2015) and Vivre avec les loups (Guillaume Maidatchevsky, 2016).

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