New Releases

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  THE CRIMEA THROUGH THE AGES

  HISTORY, IN PRODUCTION

    The film introduces towns and regions in the Crimea, looks back at the peninsula’s eventful past and explains the current situation from a historical perspective. In March 2014, the Crimea became part of the Russian Federation once again. An internationally disputed referendum led to the reunification of the Crimea and Russia. For thousands of years, the Crimean peninsula has been home to numerous peoples who have all left their mark on the region. Various sites bear testimony to this […]

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  THE RENAISSANCE FACTOR

  HISTORY, IN PRODUCTION

  Between the 14th and the 15th centuries, a rapid economic, scientific, technical, social, religious and cultural development took place that is unique in human history – the Renaissance. But what was the catalyst for it, what is the “Renaissance factor”? “Had the Renaissance lasted a further 100 years, its thinkers would very likely have invented the steam engine, perhaps even the computer or robots and the Industrial Age would have started as early as the 16th century.” This bold statement […]

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  SCIENCES OF THE 21ST CENTURY – ACOUSTICS, THE EFFECT OF SOUND

  SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

  Researchers in scientific institutions and industry are studying the effects of sound on human health. Noise and infrasound can have a negative impact on the human health, but it can also be useful for scientific research. Discover fascinating facts from the different areas of sound research. Loud noise makes us ill. This is something we’ve known for a long time. Sound scientist Professor Jürgen Hellbrück examines the effects of sound on human health. The psychologist is interested first in audible […]

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  THE DARK GENE

  FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, SCIENCE

  Neurologist Frank Schauder has struggled with depression for years. The search for the causes of his illness leads him into the realm of his own genes and casts light on the changes society faces as a result the progress being made in genetic sequencing. Frank Schauder is both a doctor and a patient. As a patient, he has struggled with recurring depression for years, as a doctor he wants to find out why. The search for the causes of his […]

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  ICARUS – THE DREAM OF FLYING

  CURRENT AFFAIRS, HUMAN INTEREST, MIPTV 2016

  Today, modern wingsuits make it possible for man to come close to fulfilling his age-old dream of flying. This high-risk sport is both controversial and fascinating. What drives these extreme sportsmen? Today, modern wingsuits make it possible for man to come closer to fulfilling his age-old dream of free flying. In the wingsuit mecca of Lauterbrunnental in Switzerland, pilots from all over the world make over 20,000 jumps a year. Fatalities are not uncommon. Both controversial and fascinating, this high-risk […]

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  THE SECRET REVOLUTION

  CURRENT AFFAIRS, MIPTV 2016, SOCIETY

  In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, women are calling for change. A portrait of pioneers who want to reshape society: an editor-in-chief, a lawyer and a politician.  In Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, the most austere form of Islam, permeates all areas of public life. In particular, it dominates the everyday life of women, who still need a male guardian even as adults. It is all the more astonishing that a number of women have recently achieved professional and even political success – […]

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  MAHMUD’S ESCAPE – A SYRIAN FAMILY SEEKING REFUGE

  CURRENT AFFAIRS, HUMAN INTEREST, MIPTV 2016

  After fighting against Assad and the Islamic State, Mahmud decides to leave Syria with his family. We follow them on their hazardous journey across the Mediterranean Sea via the Balkans to Switzerland. Summer 2015: The Islamic State (IS) attacks a town in northern Syria with poison gas. 29-year-old Mahmud sees no other option but to leave his country and head for Europe together with his wife and three children. Mahmud used to fight president Assad’s regime as a rebel, but […]

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  VOICES OF VIOLENCE

  CURRENT AFFAIRS, FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, HUMAN INTEREST, MIPTV 2016, SOCIETY

  In the DR Congo, women are systematically exposed to the brutal practice of rape as a weapon of war. A film about unimaginable violence and a political and social system that turns a blind eye to these atrocities. A film about the unimaginable violence to which women in the DR Congo are subjected and a political and social system that turns a blind eye to these atrocities. Women are systematically exposed to the brutal practice of rape as a weapon […]

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  CRIME NOVELS AND THE THIRD REICH

  ART, CULTURE, HISTORY, MIPTV 2016

  Dominique Manotti, Philip Kerr and Volker Kutscher write successful crime novels about an era that has never before been the subject of crime fiction: the Third Reich. They have written crime novels about an era that until now has rarely been the subject of crime fiction: the Third Reich, itself the cause of inconceivable crimes and atrocities. Dominique Manotti, Philip Kerr and Volker Kutscher have broken an unspoken German rule that the Third Reich should not be the subject of […]

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  IRAN IN OUR HEARTS

  FOREIGN CULTURE, MIPTV 2016, SERIES, TRAVEL

  Two Iranians from Berlin and Paris return to their old home country. They offer us a unique and personal view of Iran, avoiding the usual clichés and prejudices. Two Iranian women set off on a unique journey to their home country. Their mission: to show the world Iran through personal encounters, without the usual clichés and prejudices. Elnaz Sadoghi from Berlin and Sarah Doraghi from Paris spend five weeks travelling through the Islamic Republic with its magnificent palaces, mosques and […]

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  WAR AND GAMES

  CURRENT AFFAIRS, FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, MIPTV 2016, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY

  Drones and remote-controlled weapons and robots are the war technology of the future. Controlling them via a screen is like playing a computer game. The film visits laboratories, games designers and guardians of morality. Sophisticated new machines can spot the movement of every mouse and man in water, on land and in the air. And they can kill. Automatically. Operating drones and remote-controlled weapons via a screen is like playing a computer game. What do game designers have in common […]

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  WHO OWNS THE EAST?

  CURRENT AFFAIRS, ECONOMY, MIPTV 2016

  Businesses, homes, forest, farmland – all this was once declared public property by the GDR. After the fall of the Wall, an entire country was up for sale. Who owns what in the East? A vast process of redistribution begins. Thousands of businesses, hundreds of thousands of homes, millions of hectares of forest and farmland – all this was once declared public property by the GDR. After the fall of the Wall, the big question that arose was: Who actually […]

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