Junkies of Dreaming
A documentary starring Teodor Currentzis and Wiebke Lehmkuhl
Orchestra rehearsals with Teodor Currentzis. The House of the Radio of the GDR in Berlin. A young couple in love. The artistic process viewed from the outside – and from the inside. Mahler’s boundary-breaking Third Symphony. What triggered the composition 130 years ago, and what does it trigger in us today?
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Endlich unendlich
A documentary
Transhumanists long to prolong life, mitigate aging, or even overcome death altogether. Austrian documentary filmmaker Stephan Bergmann portrays scientists, authors, and entrepreneurs who are researching, thinking about, or even conducting self-experiments on this topic ... (more)
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Vier Sterne Plus
A documentary
4 stars plus instead of a dull hospital standard - David-Ruben Thies, Managing Director of the Waldkliniken in Eisenberg, Thuringia, has an ambitious plan. He dreams of the hospital of the future: a comfortable patient hotel, designed by star architects, with organic food and a fireplace - ALSO for patients with health insurance ... (more)
Torn (2021)
Illustrates the risks and rewards of extreme climbing by chronicling the experiences of some of the world's greatest extreme climbers. Includes footage of legendary climber Alex Lowe's ill-fated climb and his son Max's arduous journey to return to the spot where he perished.
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The Second Life
A documentary
This documentary is about three museum taxidermists who are all convinced that society's distance from nature can be overcome with the help of taxidermied animals. After all, millions of species are threatened with extinction due to human influence. The film shows the three men, who work at museums in Berlin, Brussels and Rome, as they prepare for the 2018 European Taxidermy Championship ... (more)