Jakarta Disorder
It is only the second time that Indonesians can vote for their own president. Two charismatic women, however, are not satisfied with mere elections. Grandma Dela, who lives in a slum of the tropical megacity, and the intellectual Wardah Hafidz are setting out to collect 1.5 million signatures of the poorest, who are constantly threatened by the local arbitrary justice and the desires of the global capital. Can the power of a small elite really be overthrown by the power of many, or is “real democracy“ just an ideal? With this political road-documentary the director portrays social changes and improvements in his mother's old homeland.
Tomorrow You Will Leave
The story of my Vietnamese father who was able to build up a new life in a small Austrian village, but there is still an open chapter in the past: the search for the man who once helped him.
The Global Town
Shopping centers have been booming in European cities for many years. They are very popular for the customers but also controversial in public discussions. They are changing economic structures, social relations and form the appearance of our cities. The documentary "Global Town" (working title) of Ulli Gladik follows this movement: the film meets and follows important players in development, marketing and architecture, also politicians, consumers and retailers in different countries all around Europe - in Germany for example, where a new trend of inner city shopping malls is currently arising on the other hand in Romania a boom and bubble was recognized.
We Have to Survive
Mankind is unlikely to stop climate change, but it can adapt to the new, harder conditions. The full-length documentary WE HAVE TO SURVIVE is colourful collage of human stories from areas that have been hit by a climate change where the life of people is subject to
extremely difficult conditions. Four cases from all cardinal directions. The process of adaptation that protagonists go through is the basis of the film's narrative.
Greenland’s Qaanaaq is among the world’s first casualties in the battle against climate change as sea ice disappears. Jorgen Umaq, a local hunter, has had to change his long-held hunting routes. Some of his fellow hunters have rather decided to follow unexpected opportunities in agriculture. Many people in Louisiana, the USA, are engaged in the ongoing battle against water, but in the case of the inhabited Isle de Jean Charles, it has become clear that the water has won. It has lost far more than 90 percent of its surface area. Father Roch Naquin, a Catholic priest, is trying to convince the divided members of the last 24 families to move to higher ground and rebuilt the community before something terrible happens. In Coober Pedy, South Australia, daytime temperatures reach 55 degrees Celsius. Rod Wells, a former opal miner, lives in "dugout”. Everything, including churches, school, bookstore and hotels are buried in the dirt. Community of local miners led by Rod have been engaged to help transform the desert town into a mostly renewable energy oasis. Guo Kaiming was not ready to join the climate refugees in Mongolia. Four generations of his family lived by the lake in a thriving community on the edge of the Gobi desert. Residents who live on the edge of the deserts try to limit the spreading of the sand. Along with local governments, they plant trees in effort to block the wind and stabilize the soil.
extremely difficult conditions. Four cases from all cardinal directions. The process of adaptation that protagonists go through is the basis of the film's narrative.
Greenland’s Qaanaaq is among the world’s first casualties in the battle against climate change as sea ice disappears. Jorgen Umaq, a local hunter, has had to change his long-held hunting routes. Some of his fellow hunters have rather decided to follow unexpected opportunities in agriculture. Many people in Louisiana, the USA, are engaged in the ongoing battle against water, but in the case of the inhabited Isle de Jean Charles, it has become clear that the water has won. It has lost far more than 90 percent of its surface area. Father Roch Naquin, a Catholic priest, is trying to convince the divided members of the last 24 families to move to higher ground and rebuilt the community before something terrible happens. In Coober Pedy, South Australia, daytime temperatures reach 55 degrees Celsius. Rod Wells, a former opal miner, lives in "dugout”. Everything, including churches, school, bookstore and hotels are buried in the dirt. Community of local miners led by Rod have been engaged to help transform the desert town into a mostly renewable energy oasis. Guo Kaiming was not ready to join the climate refugees in Mongolia. Four generations of his family lived by the lake in a thriving community on the edge of the Gobi desert. Residents who live on the edge of the deserts try to limit the spreading of the sand. Along with local governments, they plant trees in effort to block the wind and stabilize the soil.