''Polluting Paradise'' (german: Der Müll im Garten Eden, also known as ''Garbage in the Garden of Eden'') is a 2012 German

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by

Fatih Akın Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film '' Head ...

. The film was screened in the Special Screenings section at the

2012 Cannes Film Festival The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section. ...

. It focuses on the Turkish village of Çamburnu in

Sürmene Sürmene (Greek: Σούρμενα, ''Sourmena''; ota, ﺳﻮرﻣﻨﻪ, romanized as ''Sürmena e') is a small town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. In ancient times the town of Hyssus or Hyssos ( grc, Υσσ� ...

, which has been turned into a rubbish dump by the government.

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* 2012 films 2012 in the environment 2012 documentary films Documentary films about environmental issues Pollution in Turkey German documentary films 2010s German-language films Films directed by Fatih Akin Films set in Turkey Landfills 2010s German films {{2010s-Germany-film-stub