Dystopia
The short film block at 6 p.m. provides deep insights into the fears and concerns of young filmmakers about the future. Corona, artificial intelligence, growing intolerance, sexism, the return of war and the threatening power of new technologies. Many of the directors will be present.
| Swan Lake | Stella Traub | Germany | 05:32 |
| The Rift | Martin von Sost | Germany | 07:40 |
| Our circle in the storm | Ray Jacobs | United Kingdom | 10:00 |
| Amusement Park | Egidio Prudenzano | Italy | 04:00 |
| 2045 Creators | Richard Hollerung | Germany | 11:04 |
| Captured | Knut Kuhles | Germany | 17:11 |
| Saarvocado | Victor Orozco Ramirez | Germany / Mexico | 08:00 |
| The Beneath | Lisette Vlassak | 15:00 | |
| No | Ahmed Alameldeen | Italy | 01:00 |
| Building Bridges | Filipe Caeiro | Germany | 08:30 |
The evening programme begins at 9 p.m. with the short film ‘Zero Gravity’ by Diego Stavitzki from Italy. This will be followed by Adrian Schwartz's new film, which will be screened in the presence of the director. ‘We're All Going Up’.
Statement by director Adrian Schwartz
The boundaries between digital and earthly realities are already blurring. Tech companies enable us to live a virtual existence. Real feelings are transfigured with the means of the digital. Virtual profiles have long been relevant to society. Voice assistance and autonomous vehicles point the way to the future. We are faced with the challenge of an enlightened approach to the possibilities of technology and the decisions we delegate to it. The protagonist Charlie is caught in an all-too-human dilemma and feels the lure of technology. But it is not the minduploading revolution that deserves our main attention. It is the people, the doubters. What do they believe in if not the promises of salvation offered by technology? How will we behave when we develop even more powerful technological tools? Don't we wish today that we could radically redesign everything? And if we had the chance, would we give up everything? "We All Go Up" explores what it means to be human in the face of omnipotent technologies.