‘Genève, du pétrole à tout prix’
Director, Cinematographer, Writer
52mins
2021
Client: Radio Television Switzerland
Broadcast in Switzerland on RTS1 (Radio Télévision Switzerland 1), the main Swiss national TV channel, on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. in their primetime weekly documentary strand ‘Doc à la Une’
Produced by Les Productions du Noyer and Radio Télévision Suisse - RTS
Languages: French (original language),
Italian (Dubbed), English subtitles available
In the world’s oil trading capital, Geneva: one of its larger companies, Gunvor, is accused of corruption in the Republic of Congo. Swiss and Congolese activists, Roland and Moke, decide to shed light on this legal case while exposing the operating model of this little known oil sector. As corruption scandals multiply, the Republic of Congo where this corruption occured is bogged down in poverty. The film reveals the impact of these Swiss companies on developing countries and questions the responsibility of the Swiss authorities who host this oil trading industry while refusing to regulate it further.
Relevant Links:
https://en.geneve-petrole-tout-prix-film.com/à-propos
https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/doc-a-la-une/video/geneve-du-petrole-a-tout-prix?urn=urn:rts:video:12261357&fbclid=IwAR1PpikEiuLbaHrrlnTE8p56-NQiM0i_HOHDw91G0-fuMxgV_DfYaz83S4g
Selected for the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) Impact Days 2021.
https://fifdh.org/en/press-industry/impact-day-2021
Selected as one of the year’s Best Investigative Stories in French,, by the Global Investigative Journalists’ Network, alongside others from prestigious media organisations including Le Monde, Mediapart, Forbidden Stories, Disclose, Cash Investigation and Public Eye (for their investigation on the Democratic Republic of Congo).
FR: https://gijn.org/2021/12/14/francais-top-enquetes-2020/
EN: https://gijn.org/2021/12/14/editors-pick-2021s-best-investigative-stories-in-french/
Listen to a podcast of the filmmakers talking about the creative process behind the making of this film by clicking HERE
