Homo Sapiens
Homo Sapiens tells a history of humanity in miniature. The focus is on the human relationship to nature. The film questions the idea of modern humans as wise, rational creatures.… >>>
- Duration: 5 Min.
- Director: Johannes Singer
We all know that the human being is not necessarily wise – at least, the modern human being isn’t. With its industries, it has made the earth its subject, as though driven by a godly curse. Left behind for its descendants, from Thuringia to Somalia, are gleaming sites of contamination. The filmmakers of this program process the catastrophe with diverse cinematic means and narrative forms ranging from animation to documentary in oppressive landscape tableaus. The question of hope is answered differently by each film. We are offered chances, but a clear answer would be too bold. (Ascan Breuer)
Homo Sapiens tells a history of humanity in miniature. The focus is on the human relationship to nature. The film questions the idea of modern humans as wise, rational creatures.… >>>
What exactly is there in the earth? STRAHLEND GRÜNE WIESE examines the processes that created the landscape in the former uranium mining area in eastern Thuringia. The film finds evidence of large-scale remediation projects, environmental activism, habitats, contamination. We encounter a punk festival, family anecdotes of the filmmaker and also the odd mythical beast.… >>>
Wang-Chen Lee's animation tells a profound parable in just one minute: it's raining, there's a leak in the roof. What does the fish in the aquarium care? Man does his best to limit the damage, but the fish knows: The crisis is an opportunity!… >>>
SOUP takes us into the microcosm – a parallel world with its own beings, laws and possibilities. That world is invaded by a large number of blue particles. While performing their everyday life, the inhabitants of a microcosm bump into these intruders. This holds a different fate for each of them. When one of the inhabitants investigates the particles’ source, a change of view reveals their origin. Inspired by the bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis, this short film deals with a new ingredient in the soup of life.… >>>
The story of an everyday catastrophe on the Somali coast unfolds in captivating black and white. While a son cares for his dying father, the surrounding countryside is depopulated. All the neighbours are in the process of fleeing. For several decades, European intermediaries have illegally dumped toxic waste into the sea at the Horn of Africa. Since the earthquake that shook the region in 2004 and the tsunami that followed, the Somali coast has been contaminated.… >>>