The location of the Jordan valley is situated on the the other side of Israel in the Red Sea
MY DRYING LAND
Cinematic VR Director ROBERT FOX
Cinematic VR editor WIEBE VAN DER VLIET
Art Director LINA HASHIM
Associate producer Jordan WJD DHNIE
Ambisonic Sound Design JACQUES PEDERSEN
Fixer Jordan WORLD FIXER LONDON
Synopsis: In the immersive VR film "My Drying Land," viewers are transported to the Jordan Valley, where they meet Umbekka, a resilient 62-year-old farmer. Umbekka's life has been intertwined with the land since she started farming at the tender age of 12. However, climate change has brought unprecedented challenges to her doorstep.
The story unfolds in a desolate landscape, where everything with water has withered away, including the once-majestic Dead Sea that looms nearby. Umbekka's farm, once teeming with life, now stands dried out and barren, mirroring the fate of neighbouring farms that have long been abandoned. Sinkholes, treacherous chasms that swallow the ground whole, pose an additional threat, often collapsing and devouring entire structures.
The woman farmer Umbekka sits in her dry fields studying the koran for hours every day.