Soundings
Synopsis
A robotics engineer and a marine biologist speculate on a near future in which prospectors have turned to the deep ocean commons. There lies prized mineral deposits, five thousand metres below the surface, which could provide all the base metals needed for our future smartphones, smart cars and renewable energies like solar panels and wind farms. Yet siren songs forewarn shipwreck...
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 36 min 14 sec
- Director
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Bronte Dow
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Bronte Dow
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