Tag: Discussion

  • Purpose

    Purpose

    Purpose

    Director: Martin H. Oetting

    Duration: 96 min

    Language: Various

    Subtitles: German

    The global multi-crisis is accelerating and affects all levels of society: democracy, climate, biodiversity, migration, justice, equality, institutions, farming. And yet, there is no mainstream debate about the issue at the core of many – if not all – of these problems: our economies. How they function, what they deliver and how they are designed is not really part of public discourse. Purpose shows how economists Katherine Trebeck and Lorenzo Fioramonti fight to bring society off of its destructive course.
    Following the film, there will be a discussion with director Martin H. Oetting, a representative from ICLEI and Benedikt Schmid of the chair of geography of the university of Freiburg.

    09.11.25

    6:00 PM

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  • HOLY SHIT: Mit Sch#!$e die Welt retten

    HOLY SHIT: Mit Sch#!$e die Welt retten

    HOLY SHIT: Mit Sch#!$e die Welt retten

    Director: Rubén Abruña

    Duration: 85 min

    Language: Diverse

    Subtitles: German

    What happens to the food we digest after it leaves our bodies? Is it waste to be discarded or a resource to be reused? Looking for answers, director Rubén Abruña embarks on an investigative and entertaining quest through 16 cities across 4 continents. He follows the poop trail from the long Parisian sewers to a huge wastewater treatment plant in Chicago. The presumed solution, adopted around the world, to use the semi-solid remains of the wastewater treatment process as a fertilizer, proves to be a living nightmare, because they contain heavy metals and toxic PFAS chemicals. Can excreta be used to grow food and ease the imminent fertilizer scarcity?
    Following the screening: Discussion with director Rubén Abruña and Andreas Doerne (Holistic Compost Lab) + presentation of the book „Holy Shit“ by publisher Undine Löhfelm.

    06.11.25

    8:00 PM

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  • The Battle for Laikipia

    The Battle for Laikipia

    The Battle for Laikipia

    Directors: Daphne Matziaraki, Peter Murimi

    Duration: 94min

    Language: Swahili, English, Samburu

    Subtitles: English

    The Battle of Laikipia paints a panorama of an escalating conflict in the heart of Kenya: on the Laikipia plateau, nomadic Samburu pastoralists and white landowners have been confronting each other for decades – a legacy of colonial land grabbing that is now being reignited by apocalyptic droughts and disputed water and grazing rights. The film documents how a dangerous dynamic is emerging in the grass-poor plains: Herds are led onto irrigated, fenced-off ranches and armed confrontations escalate.

    After the film, there will be a discussion with Edwin Mutyenyoka of the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute.

    07.11.25

    8:30 PM

    Main Screening is sold out!

    But we also show the movie in a parallel screening in the cinema’s smaller gallery room! There will be no discussion in the gallery, however.

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  • People at the Heart of Change + Ben & bEartha: A Community’s Compost Love Story

    People at the Heart of Change + Ben & bEartha: A Community’s Compost Love Story

    People at the Heart of Change + Ben & bEartha: A Community’s Compost Love Story

    Directors: Karen Logan /Jordan Osmond

    Duration: 66 min (27 min / 39min)

    Language: Englisch

    Subtitles: Englisch

    This double feature is dedicated to an essential aspect of our special topic of living within planetary boundaries – composting. Focusing on a Zero-waste and Environmental justice project in the city of Durban, South Africa, the heart-warming documentary People at the Heart of Change shows the power of small but local solutions with big impact. Waste-pickers, traders, artists, activists and neighbours come together and prove that if we can slow down long enough to listen to each other, we can lay the groundwork for a more just world.

    Ben & bEartha follows the story of passionate composter Ben Bushell of Community Compost, Nelson. Through the inspiring story of Ben and his dedicated composting community, we get to know bEartha, an automatic composting machine that’s about to revolutionise small-scale commercial composting. This inspiring film offers a potentially game-changing approach to making compost on an urban scale.

    After the screening, there will be a discussion about waste management in Freiburg with Veit Cornelis of the ASF.

    08.11.25

    1:30 PM

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    People at the Heart of Change – 1
    People at the Heart of Change – 2
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  • Demain, la vallée + The Crazy Farm (Short Film)

    Demain, la vallée + The Crazy Farm (Short Film)

    Demain, la vallée + The Crazy Farm (Short Film)

    Director: Jérôme Prudent / Josephine Liu, Yuyuan Ma

    Duration: 82 min (63 min / 19 min)

    Languages: French / Chinese, English

    Subtitles: English

    After our foodsharing buffet on sunday morning, we continue our programme with two films about agriculture. The short film The Crazy Farm shows the extraordinary project of taiwanese farmer Humama located near Chengdu. At the age of 50, she decided to quit her city job and founded an ecologically oriented farm where she grows both plants and raises cattle in harmony.

    The feature film Demain, la vallée tackles the question how change in the agricultural sector can be made equitably. In the idyllic Arac valley in the french Pyrenees, the project “Just Scapes” brings together farmers, gardeners and members of local administrations to develop visions of just adaptions to climate change in rural areas.

    Following the screening, we will have a discussion with local initiatives Agronauten, Piluweri, Regionalwert AG and Gartencoop.

    09.11.25

    11:00 PM

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    Demain, la vallée – 1
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    The Crazy Farm – 1
    The Crazy Farm – 2
    The Crazy Farm – 3

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  • wer wenn nicht du + DARIO – How To Not Change The World (Short Film)

    wer wenn nicht du + DARIO – How To Not Change The World (Short Film)

    wer wenn nicht du + DARIO – How To Not Change The World (Short Film)

    Directors: Charlotte Weinreich & Rosa-Lena Lange / Christian Belz

    Duration: 51 min (34 min / 17 min)

    Language: German

    Subtitles: – / English

    To kick off our festival, we will be showing two films in a double session that deal with the question of what successful protest and activism can look like in the face of the escalating climate crisis: The short film DARIO portrays a young man who resorts to radical forms of protest out of frustration with current climate policy. In “wer wenn nicht du”, a father and his son discuss the pros and cons of civil disobedience.

    After the films, Jannis Niethammer and Karl Braig, protagonists of “wer wenn nicht du”, and Christian Belz, director of “DARIO”, will be available for questions and discussion.

    05.11.25

    6:00 PM

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    Wer wenn nicht du – 1
    Wer wenn nicht du – 2
    Wer wenn nicht du – 3
    DARIO – 1
    DARIO – 2
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  • Planet Wind – The Global Story of Offshore Wind

    Planet Wind – The Global Story of Offshore Wind

    Planet Wind – The Global Story of Offshore Wind

    Director: Dominic Allen

    Duration: 106 min

    Language: Englisch

    Join Andy Evans, Australian renewable energy pioneer, as he follows the story of Offshore Wind across the globe, exploring our relationship to this immense planetary force. Filmed in thirteen countries and featuring over twenty offshore wind experts, “Planet Wind” delves into humanity’s relationship with the wind throughout history and cultures. This global journey reveals the real story behind the development of offshore wind as an energy source, how this ever-present planetary force is being harnessed, and its transformative potential for our future.

    06.11.25

    5:00 PM

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  • The Wolves Always Come at Night

    The Wolves Always Come at Night

    The Wolves Always Come at Night

    Director: Gabrielle Brady

    Duration: 96 min

    Language: Mongolian

    Subtitles: English

    A Mongolian family lives in a simple tent camp in the Gobi desert. They earn their living by herding sheep, while the consequences of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable in their homeland. When an extreme storm wipes out their flock of sheep, the young family is suddenly forced to move to the city, where they struggle to make a living. A film that touches the heart, makes you think and tells the moving story of a family in beautiful images.
    After the film, there will be a discussion with the film’s editor Katharina Fiedler.

    08.11.25

    8:30 PM

    Main Screening is sold out!

    But we also show the movie in a parallel screening in the cinema’s smaller gallery room! There will be no discussion in the gallery, however.

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