Films by Cyril Tuschi

2015, 90 min
by Cyril Tuschi

Digital Dissidents are the warriors of the digital age: Republican patriots, radical anarchists and cyber-hippies fight side by side for transparency and privacy in the digital world. For that, they are in prison, live in exile or have lost their careers and families. While many people celebrate them as heroes, critics, intelligence services and companies condemn their actions as an assault on our security. Why are they doing it? What are their motives?The film focuses on people, who became dissidents out of different motivations: NSA-whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, Thomas Drake or William Binney, the journalist Daniel Ellsberg, who is said to be the prime father of whistleblowers since he published the 'Pentagon Papers' in the 1970s, former British MI5-agent Annie Machon or the founder of Wiki Leaks Julian Assange. They have worked in the system for years and finally attacked it from within by disclosing sensitive information.52min or 90min | HD | 16:9 | original English version with German voice over availablewww.journeyman.tv (World Sales)www.vimeo.com/137145752

Germany 2011, 111 min
by Cyril Tuschi

A documentary on the transformation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky - from a perfect socialist to a perfect capitalist and finally, in a Siberian prison, becoming a perfect martyr. Khodorkovsky - the richest Russian, challenges President Putin. A fight of the titans begins. Putin warns him. But Khodorkovsky comes back to Russia - knowing that he will be imprisoned, once he returns. When I heard about all that, I asked myself: why didn't Khodorkovsky stay in Exile with a couple of billions? Why did he come back? Why did he do that? A personal journey to Khodorkovsky. KHODORKOVSKY - a story about how Russia's richest man became Russia's most famous prisoner. Opinions on Khodorkovsky differ in Russia considerably. Everyone in the country has something to say about him. Khodorkovsky's career has been one full of drama and the sudden depths to which he has fallen are more reminiscent of the fate of a Shakespearian character. KHODORKOVSKY - intends to take a glimpse behind the mask of the charismatic phantom Mikhail Khodorkovsky, beyond his demonisation through Putin's propaganda and beyond his idealisation as a pure victim. The audience should be able to create an own picture - a picture of Russia in the third millennium - which might also help to build a bridge of understanding between the new Russia and the rest of the world… World Sales: Rezo Films 29, rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière 75009 Paris (M) Poissonnière, France tel.: +33 -1-42464630 fax: +33-1-42464082