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Director: Susanne Lenz-Gleissner.
"We have the situation where the book has become something that's reading you instead of you reading the book," says Jaron Lanier, winner of the 2014 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Digitalization has revolutionized the book industry and that has sparked concern and heated debates in both Germany and the United States. Over 2,000 writers in both countries have protested against the cut-throat pricing policies of online book retailer Amazon and its massive influence on the market. The e-book is well established on the US market. In Germany, however, the book is treasured as a time-tested means of preserving knowledge. What is the value of the book in the digital age? A film team sets out on a transatlantic journey to find out. They visit Germany, where Gutenberg invented the printing press over 550 years ago, and the United States, the hub of digital innovation. The journey begins in Seattle, where Amazon's headquarters are located, and continues on to Los Angeles, Mainz, Weimar, Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and New York.
Prestigious interview partners reflect on the future of the book: Internet philosopher Jaron Lanier, Dr. Michael Knoche, director of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Jeff Jarvis, media expert, Yvonne Hofstetter, artificial intelligence expert and the authors Daniel Suarez und Marc Elsberg.
A journey through the history of the book and the current debate over the power of giant online companies. The film also looks at the future and the risks that digitalization may yet hold in store.
Director: David Bonneville.
Sebastian is a wealthy young man. He finds out he has a flat tyre and ends up accepting help from a Gypsy passer-by. In return Sebastian will have to give him a ride home... but they won’t reach their expected destination.
Director: B R KESHAVA.
SAME AS IN FESTIVAL BLOCK
Director: Daniel Burkholz.
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In 1950, when the Cold War had started, the West German government planned the building of a new army. This project caused huge protests among the war tired population. The government considered the protesters to be public enemies. About 500.000 men, women and children were affected by political persecution, which often was carried out by police men, public prosecutors and judges, who had already been on duty during the Nazi Time. Many activists were thrown into prison, partly for a very long time. Finally the whole political movement was smashed down by a persecution unprecedented in western democracies.
Director: Zikica Jovanovic.
Alcoholism is a disease that resulting from uncontrolled use and regular drinks. It's one of the most common disease in the world. Alcoholic is a person who is unable to control the intake of alcohol in the body. Often comes up with such a person hallucinations.
Director: mark norfolk.
Set in London, Burt, an elderly man discovers that his beloved wife of twenty five years is dying and begins to question whether his culture has been surpressed during his long marriage. He lapses into a psychological conflict with his own sub-conscience as he wrestles with the concept of whether black people have been cursed as quoted in the bible. As his mind descends into madness we soon discover what might make an ordinary man do the extraordinary.
Director: H. Paul Moon.
Hamac Cazíim tells the story of punk rock musicians from an indigenous tribe called the Seri nation, or Comcáac, who are using music to maintain their ancestral language and culture despite a long history of colonialists, missionaries, and modernization.
The Comcáac are a nomadic people who live in a place of mystic beauty along the Gulf of California, where the mountains meet the desert meet the sea. Despite this isolation, the problems of modernization—and extinction of sacred animals—threaten their indigenous identity. To fight against these dangers, the band Hamac Cazíim was formed.
Converging these themes of music, tribes, and endangered species, the film delivers a tuneful meditation on the universal challenge to preserve native identity, and the power of music to stage that fight.
Director: Yuval Ovadia, Or Yahsar, Prosper Malka.
For the first time in history an alien being penetrates the world’s most guarded
and secret facility - the headquarters of the Mossad.
Once captured, he is subjected to intensive interrogation by the chief Mossad investigator, who, rather than finding
an enemy, discovers that he has been chosen to receive ancient wisdom and spiritual secrets that
.will change his life and the lives of others
,Official Selection at 12 international Film Festivals
,HAMESIMA X is a psychological and spiritual thriller
,evoking second thoughts about the meaning of life
.the evils of mankind and wisdom of the ages
Director: Sam Donovan.
Oddball Boris tries to reunite his parents on a shark-spotting trip off the North Yorkshire coast. Only, his biggest enemy is along for the ride… his mother’s girlfriend, Lilah. Only once Boris accepts Lilah can he unite his family in his own unique way, through his obsessive love of sharks.
Director: Andrey Khvostov.
A young boy named Charlie is in love with his girlfriend and does everything to please her. On her birthday he writes a love letter and picks a bouquet of red roses to surprise her at her window. Just before knocking the window to attract his beloved Mary he notices an 8 year old in the window next to hers. Having long awaited the opportunity to know her family and assuming the boy to be her brother he starts a conversation. In just about a minute his relationship is about to face an unexpected menace.
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