Tag: Discussion

  • Die Zärtliche Revolution + Opening Ceremony + Invisible Barriers

    Die Zärtliche Revolution + Opening Ceremony + Invisible Barriers

    Die Zärtliche Revolution + Opening Ceremony + Invisible Barriers

    Director: Annelie Boroș / Severin Werner

    Duration: 100 min (95 min / 5 min)

    Languages: German, Polish, Spanish

    Subtitles: German

    What if care were not the exception, but the norm in society?

    “Tender Revolution” portrays people who are living exactly that and who are pushed to their limits every day in the process:
    Arnold cares for his severely disabled son and campaigns for greater recognition of family carers.
    Bożena, a 24-hour carer from Poland, speaks openly about exploitation in the care sector.
    Samuel, a wheelchair user and activist, wants to set up an inclusive housing project.
    And Amanda, a climate activist with roots in Peru, links human compassion with the protection of our planet.
    Annelie Boroș accompanies her subjects with great empathy and respect and asks herself what it really means to care. When her close friend takes her own life during filming, the social exploration turns into a deeply personal narrative.


    Invisible Barriers is a short film about exclusion and the invisible rules that determine who gets to participate in sports.

    This social impact film was created in collaboration with “Benefit”, a non-profit organization working at the intersection of sports and social issues. Benefit is committed to breaking down barriers and creating greater access to sports and exercise, particularly for people affected by poverty.

    Following the screening, we will have a discussion on the topic “Caring society – but how?”, with the Pacing team Freiburg, Lucia Eitenbichler, head of Ursulinenhof Oberried, an inclusive housing project, and Sarah Baumgart, commissioner for the interests of people with disabilities, city of Freiburg.

    11.11.26

    5:00 PM

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  • TROP CHAUD: KlimaSeniorinnen vs. Switzerland

    TROP CHAUD: KlimaSeniorinnen vs. Switzerland

    TROP CHAUD: KlimaSeniorinnen vs. Switzerland

    Director: Benjamin Weiss

    Duration: 79 min

    Language: German, Swiss German, Italian, French

    Subtitles: German

    The Climate Seniors are taking a stand against the growing threat of climate change. Rather than stepping back into retirement, these women are determined to act in response to rising temperatures, increasingly frequent heatwaves, and melting glaciers. In a bold move, they sue their own government in a case that leads them to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and ultimately leads to a groundbreaking ruling with international impact.

    TROP CHAUD goes behind the scenes of this extraordinary legal battle. The film follows the activists and their legal team, as well as the experts and scientists who supported them, exploring what drives them to take action. At the same time, it sheds light on the complexity of tackling climate change and the long road from individual commitment to meaningful change.

    After the screening, there will be a Q&A with Elisabeth Stern, member of the board of KlimaSeniorinnen Switzerland.

    13.11.26

    2:45 PM

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  • The Last Shore

    The Last Shore

    The Last Shore

    Director: Jean François Ravagnan

    Duration: 71 min

    Language: Fula

    Subtitles: English

    In January 2017, a video of a young Gambian drowning in the waters of Venice’s Grand Canal went viral on social networks. Filmed with a mobile phone, the body, petrified by the cold, appears to be sinking despite the lifebuoys thrown in its direction. From the shore, passers-by insulted him without helping him. He was 22 and his name was Pateh Sabally. 2500 miles away, the voices and faces of his family tell the story that preceded this tragedy, the story behind the images.

    After the movie, there will be a podium discussion on the topic „Building the Mosaic: Pluralism by Design” with Thelma Basil from German-Africa Insight e.V. and Laura Rigell and Daniela Eneh from Migrant*innenbeirat Freiburg.

    15.11.25

    4:00 PM

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  • 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

    No seats left? We also show the movie in a parallel screening in the cinema’s smaller gallery room! There won’t be a discussion there, however.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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