When going green goes wrong: the solar panels eating Spain's soul.
In Lopera (Jaén), the ecological transition has turned into a nightmare: centuries-old olive groves are being uprooted to make way for massive photovoltaic plants, in an unfair battle between powerful corporations and the local community. Through firsthand testimonies, striking visuals, and an analysis of the current energy model, Forced Renewables reveals how progress, when poorly planned and disconnected from rural life, can lead to an unprecedented ecological, social, and economic disaster.
Cinematography
Olive groves vs. solar sea: devastating visual poetry.
Direction
Fernández Bordonada lets farmers speak, corporations squirm.
Director
Francisco Javier Fernández Bordonada
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spain produces 20% of world's olive oil; Jaén province alone holds more olive trees than people in most countries. This isn't just farming—it's civilization.
Director Fernández Bordonada spent two years embedded with Lopera families, capturing footage that several corporations allegedly tried to suppress before release.
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