Films

2023, 11 min
by Thomas Kutschker

'here' is a science fiction short film, a snapshot from a post-catastrophic future with flashbacks to our current present.The events that led to this devastation are just as much in the dark as the causes for the memory lapses of the protagonist of unknown gender. With the help of his questions, one can re-/construct versions of a story and possible incidents.'here' is a photographic panorama film. In multi-layered images, the film shows the effects of the impending climate catastrophe and deals

Germany, USA 2023, 80 min
by Shu Lea Cheang

UKI’s storyline unfolds as we follow a defunct replicant REIKO dumped on Etrashville - a vast dump for tech - who tries to pull themselves back together with the help of its transgenic inhabitants. A virtual BioNet owned by GENOM Co. has occupied human bodies and re-engineered red blood cells into nano-computing self-generated orgasms. Parallel to REIKO’s trajectory is that of an infected city in which a besieged diner gathers the infected to exchange own orgasm data for fresher, intenser, mutua

Germany, Japan 2021, 156 min
by John A. Kantara, Fabian Wolfgang

In this three-part series, we look at the monumental discoveries underway, specifically surrounding black holes, meteorites and exoplanets. Black holes have been revealed as one of the foundations for the basic conditions of life. We show how meteorites brought the basic substances of life to our planet, allowing for its creation, and we look at exoplanets as a possible habitat for humankind. The films describe the latest findings concerning cosmic events in relation to the origin of life, provi

Canada, Germany, France 2020, 52 min
by Volker Barth, Yanick Rose, Michael Allder

Is it possible to untangle the hidden structures of the communication system of killer whales? Along the west coast of Canada an interdisciplinary, international team of researchers sets out to find answers. To understand the language of animals is an ancient dream of mankind. Do intelligent and highly communicative animals have real "languages" or merely simple communication systems? To find answers, an international team of researchers decides to adapt machine learning pattern recognition tech

Germany 2018, 91 min
by Oliver Schwehm

Elon Musk and his company SpaceX aren't the first private venture to attempt to make it into space. This is the amazing story of Lutz Kayser, an aerospace engineer from southwestern Germany, who founded a private company, OTRAG, to develop and produce a satellite launch vehicle. In search of a suitable launch area, OTRAG signs a lease with Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko for an area of jungle the size of East Germany. Here the company builds its own spaceport, a "German Cape Canaveral" in the

2015, 113 min
by Nicolas Steiner

Far, far away and out of sight, that’s where April, Dave, Cindy, Rick and the Godfather are creating life on their own terms. From the depths of the flood channels under Sin City, to a reclaimed military bunker in the middle of the dusty, heated Californian nowhere land to beyond the stratosphere where Mars now lives on earth. Each individual has been flung into periling circumstances on this rollercoaster ride called life. Through the hustle, pain, and laughter, we are whisked away to an unfami

Germany 2013, 126 min
by Marcin Malaszczak

SIENIAWKA is a journey into the irrational subconscious of humanity. Stefan attempts to make his way through a post-industrial no-man’s land. An encounter with a stranger forces the line between reality and imagination to become blurred. The future and the past become intertwined. Visions of another time emerge from Stefan’s mind. The cold-blooded surgeon used to work in the dissecting room. There was a cinema where everyone would go on the weekend. A state of complete delirium caused a young ma

Germany 2005
by Michael Wolff (fact+film)

The hot phase of space tourism has begun. Tourist agencies like “Space Adventures” and “Pro Toura” already offer everything the hearts of daring tourists desire, from astronaut training in space camps to zero-gravity flights all the way to flight into space. To boost the development of private transport systems for tourists, the so-called “X Prize” was offered in the USA. The first company to take passengers into space and bring them back to the Earth wins 10 million dollars. The film displays t