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.
Neurologist Frank Schauder has struggled with recurring 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 fundamental changes modern society faces as a result of the progress being made in the field of genetic sequencing.
Today, modern wingsuits make it possible for man to come closer to fulfilling his age-old dream of flying. This high-risk sport is both controversial and fascinating. We look at the desire to fly from a historical perspective and show flight pictures that have never before been seen in this way, including the world’s longest ever wingsuit jump.
In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, women are calling for change. Despite all kinds of resistance, some are achieving professional and political success. This film portrays pioneers who want to reshape society: an editor-in-chief, a lawyer and a politician.
29-year-old Mahmud used to be a rebel who fought against president Assad’s regime but also the terrorists of the Islamic State. We follow him from the trenches near Azaz to the treacherous boat journey from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Samos. From there, the family travels through the Balkans and Austria to a refugee centre in Switzerland.
A film about the unimaginable violence against women in the the DR Congo and a political and social system that turns a blind eye to these atrocities. Women are systematically exposed to the practice of rape as a weapon of war. Director Claudia Schmid gives women a voice and reveals the structures underlying the violence.
They write 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. The film shows the three writers Dominique Manotti, Philip Kerr and Volker Kutscher at work in Berlin, New York, Paris, London and Cologne.
Two Iranians set off on a unique journey to their home country. The two women from Berlin and Paris spend five weeks travelling across the Islamic republic, with its magnificent palaces, mosques and parks. They offer us a unique and personal view of the country, avoiding the usual clichés and prejudices.
Drones, remote-controlled weapons and war robots are the war technology of the future. Controlling them via a screen is like playing a computer game. Does this new remote-controlled war technology provide us with reconnaissance information and security or is it paving the way for a surveillance state? New perspectives on a complex, fascinating subject.
Thousands of businesses, hundreds of thousands of homes, millions of hectares of forest and land – all this was declared public property by the GDR. After the fall of the Wall, the big question was: Who actually owns what in the East? In 1990, an entire country was up for sale. Gold rush fever broke out, and international investors smelled big business.
Heinrich Böll’s Ireland, Hans Christian Andersen’s Orient, Erika and Klaus Mann’s French Riviera and Uwe Johnson’s New York – great authors on tour. We go time-travelling with four of the most fascinating authors in literary history and revisit the countries they wrote about – intertwining both past and present.
Every day we see pictures of war and conflict. But who decides which pictures we see and how do they reach an international audience from the world’s conflict zones? We follow photographer Benjamin Hiller to Iraq, Syria and Rwanda and the journey his pictures take. This documentary offers a unique insight into the daily realities of his business.
