The Dark Gene

by Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick
  • 2015 filmtank GmbH Hamburg
  • 2015 filmtank GmbH Hamburg
  • 2015 filmtank GmbH Hamburg

    Synopsis

    A sick doctor, a highly sensitive code and the solace of art: While our protagonist is going through the unemotional diagnostic algorithm of mainstream medicine in order to find the right medicine for his depression, he also seeks assurance and solace in the artistic perspective; hoping that at some point in time he will be able to make peace with his dark gene, which all but destroyed his life.
    The search for  the origin of his depression confronts the protagonist with existential questions and bizarre business models as well as guiding him into breath-taking worlds of imagery and sound.

    Festivals

    Solothurner Filmtage 2015
    DOK.fest München 2015
    26. Int. Filmfest Emden 2015
    35th Cambridge Film Festival
    13th CPH:DOX Intern. Documentary Film Festival Copenhagen 2015
    LOLA@Berlinale 2016
    MILLENIUM Int. Documentary Film Festival Brüssel 2016