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World Food Day 2016

10 Billion – What’s on your plate?

Film info

Country: Germany

Director: Valentin Thurn

Year: 2015

Duration: 102′

Storyline

By 2050, the world population will grow to ten billion people. In the middle of the heated debate about food security, comes this broad and analytic look into the enormous spectrum of global food production and distribution – from artificial meat, insects, industrial farming to trendy self-cultivation. Director Valentin Thurn seeks for solutions worldwide and gives place for innovation and visions for our future.

Valentin Thurn is a director of documentaries for German and international TV channels and cinema. He won various national and international Awards. His film “Taste The Waste” has attracted more than 130.000 viewers in Germany alone and was one of the most successful documentaries in the cinema season 2011./ 2012. It has been awarded various times, together with the sequel “Food Savers” and the book “Die Essensvernichter”.