Films by Hannah Leonie Prinzler

2014, 80 min
by Hannah Leonie Prinzler

Did you know that 20% of your genes are patented and owned by private corporations? In a creative investigation director Hannah Leonie Prinzler uncovers who profits from patents, and who bears the social consequences. Along her journey she meets British inventor James Dyson and American business gurus in the Silicon Valley. She learns the shocking story of our body’s genes that we don’t own and finds out about the war strategies that patent attorneys apply. She travels to Geneva, the world’s hea

Germany 2008, 75 min
by Hannah Leonie Prinzler

The singer Tatiana and the dancer Ligia belong to the generation of young Nicaraguans, who are sent to study in Eastern Europe after the Sandinist Revolution in 1979. Dreaming that they will contribute to the cultural development their country one day, they set out for Berlin and Kiev. But when they return in the early 90s, after a decade of civil war and a failed revolution, their future in Nicaragua is more than uncertain. Canto y Danza is an intimate portrait of two strong and extraordinary