Filmtank

German Theatrical Release: 22nd of October 2026
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New Energy. Old Powers?**

Every raw material is the beginning of a story.
Bolivia has the world’s largest deposits of lithium, a metal that is essential for the energy transition. Without lithium, no electricity storage facility, no data centre, no electric car, no smartphone would work.
The Europeans want the raw material to save their automotive industry. The Bolivians want it to combat poverty.
While the Bolivian government negotiates with corporations from around the world, civil society groups are mobilising in rural areas, organised mainly by women.

The film offers a rare insight into the Europeans’ strategy to secure the sought-after material and carves out the conflicting interests towards extractivism and industrialisation in Bolivia.

The present is haunted by 500 years of colonial history, which is given voice through a 16th-century chronicle that puts today’s world into perspective and provokes the question: Are we ready for decolonisation?

Countries of production: DE
Runtime: 90´
Year: 2026
Languages: Spanish, English, Quechua, Aymara
Subtitles: German, English oder Spanish
Film distribution Germany: Cine Global