Fair Traders

CH 2018, 90 min, Nino Jacusso

Three players in the free market take on ethical responsibility for their actions and the following generations: they engage in sustainable production. At various stages, the film charts the careers of successful entrepreneurs who operate locally, nationally and internationally and manage to combine both the market and morality. The film examines the question of what a neo-liberal economic model could look like and presents the positions of three pioneers, who, day in and day out, balance out fair working conditions, biological production and the cost pressures of the free economy. The film presents a motivating approach to solving a situation which often appears hopeless. It emphasizes ethics and sustainability as factors for success.

The  Progatonists:

Patrick Hohmann - Rotkreuz, CH
Founder and Managing Director of Remei AG since 1983, co-initiator of the bioRe Foundation. Production of sustainable textiles from organic cotton. 

Claudia Zimmermann - Küttigkofen, CH
Owner of wholefood shop Küttigkofen since 2016. Farmer and food waste activist.

Sina Trinkwalder - Augsburg, DE
Textile entrepreneur of manomama with 150 employees since 2010. Produces Zero-Waste Fashion and Upcyling backpacks. Author of several non-fiction books.

festivals

Hofer Filmtage 2018, DE | Solothurner Filmtage 2019, CH | Int. Filmfestival Inssbruck 2019, AT | Doqumenta Film Festival 2019, MX | Dolomitale FF 2019, IT | Bozcaada Int. Festival of Ecological Documentary 2019, TR | Verzio Film Festival 2019, HU | Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival 2019, IL

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