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Bottled Life: Nestlé's Business with Water

Switzerland 2012 / Documentary / 94 minutes / Director: Urs Schnell / Universal

Stirring documentary about the struggle for the most important of all resources

Who does water belong to? In this country we only have to turn on the tap and we always have the best drinking water. Why do we still pay a lot of money for bottled water? "Bottled Life" reveals how corporations sell people water as an expensive lifestyle product by securing access to valuable sources worldwide. Journalist Res Gehriger follows Nestlé's trail and gives us a deep insight into the strategies of one of the most powerful players in the billion-dollar bottled water business.

"Bottled Life" is a stirring contribution to the current debate on the privatisation of water. Awarded the Herbert Quandt Media Award for business journalism.

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Festivals / film awards

  • Special Prize of the City of Ludwigsburg, DE
  • 2013: Chicago International Film Festival, USA, Silver Plaque
  • 2013: GreenMe Festival Berlin, DE, Best Documentary
  • 2013: Herbert Quandt Media Prize, DE
  • 2012: Cinema Verde, USA, Best Water Issue Award
  • 2012: Filmfestival Graz, AT, Kamera Alpin in Gold
  • 2012: Solothurner Filmtage, CH, Nominated for Prix De Soleure

Distribution funding

Swiss Films Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK)