Overbooking
(Overbooking)
Álex Dioscórides Gomis | Documentary
2019 | 70 minutes | Spain
Experts analyze all the elements that put Mallorca on the verge of collapse, examining whether the current tourism model is sustainable.
Synopsis
What was once the “Island of Calm” is now on the verge of collapse. Multiple alarm bells are starting to ring. Is this model of tourism sustainable? Could Mallorca become a reference for so many other places suffering from the same problem?
Experts analyze the illegal holiday rentals, traffic jams, generations of rubbish, and discharges into the sea that put Mallorca on the verge of collapse; examining whether the current tourism model is sustainable.
Citation
Main credits
Dioscórides, Álex (film director)
Dioscórides, Álex (film producer)
Riera, Ernest (screenwriter)
Ansorena, Luis (screenwriter)
Holles, Joe (screenwriter)
Garcia, Toti (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Lluís Prieto; editing, Álex Dioscórides.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Education
Environment + Sustainability
Geography
Iberian Studies
Labor Studies
Political Science
Sociology
Urban Studies
Keywords
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Festivals
Ecozine Film Festival - Best National Feature Film; Hispanic American Meeting of Independent Documentary Film and Video: Against Silence All the Voices - Honorable Mention Environment and Sustainable Development; Terres Travel Festival-Films & Creativity - Winner Sustainable Tourism and Ecology
DIRECTOR: Álex Dioscórides Gomis
NATIONALITY: Spain
YEAR: 2019
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish; Catalan; English
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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