5R-Saint-Ursanne
First round
Friday, 21 August 2026
- 20:30 Abhang (Marcel Scheible, 2024, 17 min). Documentary. Landfills in Switzerland, history and society.
- 22:00 Journey to the Safest Place on Earth (Edgar Hagen, 2013, 100 min). Documentary. Nuclear waste in Switzerland. Followed by a discussion with Marcos Buser and Edgar Hagen.
Saturday, 22 August 2026
- 20:30 Polluting Paradise (Fatih Akin, 2012, 97 min). Documentary. Landfill in Turkey, politics and civil society.
- 22:00 My Penguin Friend (David Schurmann, 2024, 97 min). Feature film. Oil spill, polluted oceans, the relationship between humans and nature.
Second round
Friday, 28 August 2026
- 20:30 The Clean Bin Project (Grant Baldwin, 2010, 77 min). Documentary. Zero waste, individual behaviour and social change.
- 22:00 Dark Waters (Todd Haynes, 2019, 126 min). Feature film. PFAS, the landmark legal case against DuPont.
Saturday, 29 August 2026
- 20:30 The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, 2000, 82 min). Documentary. Waste as a source of value, food waste, art and cultural history.
- 22:00 Costa Brava Lebanon (Mounia Akl, 2021, 106 min). Feature film. Pollution, city versus countryside, landfill.
How History inspires the future
The way humans deal with available resources says a lot about the quality and sustainability of a society. The 5R Foundation takes up the complex issue of waste management and advocates for a sustainable, circular economy and a stable, resilient society that meets the challenges of the times.
The Foundation aims to create spaces for communication and knowledge transfer on the issue of waste, a resource to be valorized through art, culture, innovation and education. The five principles of zero waste - refusing, reducing, reusing, recycling and reinventing - shape their work. Acting according to these rules is to be promoted through artistic creation, innovation, education or circular eco-conceptualization.
With its particular history of waste, the Canton of Jura, as a pioneer in the clean-up of large contaminated sites, should help to further promote the need for a circular economy. The old lime factory with its mine next to the St-Ursanne railway station conveys the memory of the industrial past and the rehabilitated tunnels. The 5R Foundation proposes to recycle and reinvent this place itself. Saint-Ursanne, the pearl of the Jura, should support this goal as a small mediaeval attraction visited by many tourists.
