Recipes for Disaster

FOLLOWED BY A MEETING WITH DIRECTOR JOHN WEBSTER AND SANDIJS SEMJONOVS

Finland, 2009, 85’

 Film director John Webster convinces his family – his wife and two children – to participate in an unusual experiment: to go oil-free for at least a year. They continue their daily lives, but give up their car, plastics and polyethylene packaging. Through the experiment they find out that it’s not only the attempt to buy unpackaged toilet paper, but a test of willpower, comfort and values, risky for a family’s peace and happiness. Recipes for Disaster is a comedy of errors about a subject too serious to ignore.

In 2006 the European Commission began a large-scale campaign “You Control Climate Change” and provided recommendations through the website http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/campaign on how to lessen energy consumption. It’s an undeniable fact that half of all harmful emissions are caused by household waste and car-generated exhaust fumes.

Film’s trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9ecxtr_8b4

Directed by John Webster

Produced by Millenium Film