Mergui
DIRECTOR Sandor Poppinga
MOVIE TYPING Docufilm
Italia Green Film Festival
Mergui
★★★★★
CAST | Sandor Poppinga
Green Short Film TIME | 41′
The film concerns the most southern part of Myanmar.
It is as a beautiful homage to the Mergui Archipelago, and a realistic depiction of both its wonders and issues.
The film is very diverse thematically speaking, but it succeeds the most as an ecological cautionary tale.
The film shines the light on an unfortunately huge problem of overfishing and destroying the marine environment but the focus is on Nature. This is presented through stunning underwater photography that offers a superb look at incredibly rich and diverse coral reefs as well as at the indigenous Moken. They are the native habitants of this region.
The film acts as basic introduction on Myanmar in its first part. leads to the maritim environment of the Moken people and ends with an outlook on tourism which is quickly developing in this region.
Sandor Poppinga is a film maker and author from Germany, residing in Austria. Documentaries on the topics of nature and travel are the center of his creativity.
As a film maker Sandor Poppinga realizes independent documentary films such as “Mergui”(2018) or “The Landscape of Life” (2020).
As an author Mr. Poppinga develops concepts and treatments for documentaries about “Green issues”.
Sandor Poppinga Director
Robin Kersten Producer
Heiko Birkenstock Camera
Michael Forbes Camera
Christoph Jung Camera
Robin Kersten Camera
Sandor Poppinga Camera
Sandor Poppinga Editing
João Silvestre Music
César Silva Music
Sean Dahlen Narration
Paul Rogers Writer
Sandor Poppinga Writer
Festival 2019