BREAKING SOCIAL
Title: BREAKING SOCIAL
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2023
Country of production: Sweden
Director: Fredrik Gertten
Producer: Margarete Jangård
Editor: Benjamin Binderup
Cinematography: Janice D’avila
Production company: WG Film AB
Produced in co-production with: SVT, Film i Skåne, VPRO, NRK, RTS and Yle.
With support from: The Swedish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond and the Creative Europe - MEDIA programme of the European Union
Synopsis: All societies are based on the idea of a social contract. We are told that if we work hard, if we treat others with respect, if we play by the rules, we will be rewarded. But then there’s the rule breakers. Those who make use of tax havens and reap profits without paying back to society.
BREAKING SOCIAL looks at global patterns of kleptocracy and extractivism. An assassinated investigative journalist in Malta. A river without water in Chile.
When people reach a tipping point, they start to organize and protest. We will see those already fighting at the frontlines of social uprisings across the world.
BREAKING SOCIAL explores the possibilities of overcoming injustice and corruption. A film about reimagining the building blocks of our societies and igniting seeds of hope that live within each of us.
ARTICLES AND FILM REVIEWS
SCREENDAILY ”Kleptocracy doc ‘Breaking Social’ steals early deals at EFM” by Geoffrey Macnab, 20.02.2023
SYDSVENSKAN ”Fredrik Gerttens nya film får världspremiär i Köpenhamn” by Jonas Gillberg, 22.02.2023
MODERN TIMES REVIEW ”The unnafforably wealthy” by Aleksandra Biernacka, 16.03.2023
GLOBALBAR ”Film: Har vi råd med de rika?” by Kajsa Sörman, 18.03.2023
SVENSKA FILMINSTITUTET ”Svensk dokumentär visas i Bryssel” Press message, 24.03.2023
EFAD - European Film Agencies ”[…] “Breaking Social“ in Brussels, 28 March, 2023” Press message, 30.03.2023
SYDSVENSKAN ”Fredrik Gertten: “Det systemet vi har nu är ju fucking orimligt“ by Elina Pahnke, 02.04.2023
GLOBALBAR ”Kultur: “Breaking Social“ nådde insamlingsmålet” by Kajsa Sörman, 13.04.2023
SWELOG “Breaking Social: We can’t afford to feed the rich” (trans.) by Hiromi Blomberg, 19.03.2023
EUROPEAN FILM AGENCIES “Rendez-vous with European Cinema / Sweden- Exclusive screening of Breaking Social” Press message, 30.03.2023
OFFENSIV SOCIALISTERNA “Vi har inte råd med de rika” by Britt Thelenius Wanler, 13.09.2023
ETC “Fredrik Gertten: ”Den rika eliten gör livet dyrare för oss” by Kristin McMillen, 18.08.2023
SVT “Fredrik Gertten om superrika: ”De lever ovanför nationalstaterna” by Johan Scheéle, 15.08.2023
AFTONBLADET “Skatten är demokratins syre – vi har inte råd med de rika” by Åsa Linderborg, 15.09.2023
SVENSKA YLE “Fredrik Gerttens nya dokumentär visar varför världen är orättvis: “Systemet är helt enkelt riggat”, by Petter Lindberg, 11.03.2024
UR TIDNINGEN VI “Fredrik Gertten: Våra värsta fiender är cynism”, by Stina Jofs 11.08.2023
LOS LUNES SERÉFILOS “Reseñamos ‘Breaking Social’ (2023), de Fredrik Gertten: de la red que mece la cuna”, by Gilberto Cornejo Alvarez, 08.03.2024