2024 | Netherlands | Experimental

KALI WAAL (2024)

  • English, Dutch - 22 mins
  • Director | Jasper Baldwin Coppes
  • Writer | Jasper Baldwin Coppes
  • Producer | Lonnie van Brummelen

STATUS: Post-Production

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KALI WAAL is a 2024 short experimental documentary by Jasper Baldwin Coppes, set in a Dutch nature reserve mired in ecological controversy. Industrial sand extraction left the lake lifeless, and new projects involve dumping contaminated mud to "revive" biodiversity. A team of foreign researchers investigates this strange transformation, uncovering a surreal and ethically complex ecological evolution involving plants, algae, animals, and machines. The film critically explores the intersection of human intervention, industry, and non-human agency in rewilding narratives.

Ecological Controversy Toxic Landscapes Experimental Documentary Rewilding Ethics Environmental Politics