The Forgotten Space

“The Forgotten Space” explores the sea: the forgotten space of our modern times where globalization and the present financial crisis become visible in the most pressing way. The film follows the container as it transforms urban space and countryside, bringing the sea into the interior in search of labour and customers. We visit three continents looking at the effects of globalisation and we find them in the port of Rotterdam, the village of Doel, around the port of Los Angeles, Hong Kong and the new economic zones of Southern China. And what about Bilbao? Is the container a “Pandora’s box”?