THE WEATHER WAR / FILM

A film about man’s attempts to stop a tornado.

The Weather War is a documentary/art film about man’s attempts to control the weather and harness it for his own purposes. In a blend of land art performance and road movie, artist duo Bigert & Bergström travel to the US tornado belt with their special machine-sculpture, the Tornado Diverter. The goal is to stop a tornado.
From a larger perspective, the film features the problems faced worldwide due to global climate change. How do we meet those challenges? Do we adapt? Or do we wage war against increasingly aggressive weather?
This is the final film of the trilogy, which Bigert & Bergström have been working with since 2002, dealing with the human obsession with control.

Bigert & Bergström is a Stockholm-based artist duo. Their creative partnership first began in 1986, and have since become internationally recognized for a wide range of conceptually and technically complex art projects Through their career, Bigert & Bergström have produced and created art projects ranging from large-scale sculptures and installations to performance and film. Often with a conceptual edge, the core of their work is placed right in the junction between humanity, nature and technology. With energetic curiosity and often using humor as a tool, the duo is known to analyze scientific and social issues discussed in contemporary society, such as climate change or environmental sustainability.

Written and directed: Bigert & Bergström / Produced: Antonio Russo Merenda / Cinematography: Lars Siltberg / Editing: Kristofer Nordin / Original music: OCSID, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Jean-Louis Huhta, Edvard Graham Lewis / Graphic design: Björn Kusoffksy, Stockholm Design Lab / Costumes: B&B, Nina Sandström / Digital effects, 3D: On-Line Alphaville / Additional cinematography: Charlie Drevstam, Sofia Olsson Studio / Technical manager: Jens Lind / Grading: Jonas Jangvald, The Chimney Pot / Sound design and mix: Thomas Huhn, Ljudligan / Research: Malin Nordström / Runner Bangladesh - Adnan Wahid / Runner Italy - Alberto Berardo / Runner Mid-West USA - Chelsea Turner / Translations: Åsa Sandzén, Jordan Newhouse (subtitels), Jennifer Evans / Special thanks: Henric Larsson, The Chimney Pot, David Wilson & Paul Sturz, Nathaniel Taylor, KTH Edoardo Fracchia, Stefilm, Municipality of Barbaresco, Tove Torbiörnsson, Vera Bonnier

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Produced by Ginestra Film, Antonio Russo Merenda.
In co-production with: SVT/ Arts & Culture, Emelie Persson.
With the support of: Swedish Film Institute, Cecilia Lidin, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Karolina Lidin, Nordvision.
In association with: DR, Mette Heiberg YLE, Mary Gestrin.
Developed with the support of: The MEDIA Programme of the European Community.