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The Big Issue (website)

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Type of site
  
Web documentary

Owner
  
Honkytonk Films

Available in
  
English

Created by
  
Samuel Bollendorff Olivia Colo

Website
  
http://www.honkytonk.fr/index.php/thebigissue/

The Big Issue is a web documentary on the obesity epidemic, directed by Samuel Bollendorff and Olivia Colo. In this interactive documentary the user goes on a personal journey into the causes of the explosive increase in obesity in contemporary society.

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Awards

  • 2009 : Sheffield Doc/Fest (Sheffield, UK), special mention for innovation awards.
  • 2009 : Prix Europa (Berlin, Germany), special mention in emerging media awards.

    • Special screenings

  • IDFA Doclab, Amsterdam, Netherlands – November 2009
  • Festival des 4 Ecrans, Paris, France – November 2009 (in competition for “web films”)
  • European Doc Days, Torino, Italy – November 2009

    • References

    The Big Issue (website) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA