Economy
Apology of an Economic Hit Man
Greece | 2008 | 58/90minIn front of an angry audience somewhere in Latin America, a North American discloses the secret network that used the World Bank, payoffs, extortion and sex, military coups and political assassinations to create the American empire. Read More
Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas
Sweden, Germany, Finland | 2017 | 80minA documentary thriller by Joakim Demmer about the murky concept of 'land grabbing' in Ethiopia - a modern form of colonisation where foreign investors buy or lease large farmland areas in developing countries without benefiting the local population. Read More
God Bless Iceland
Iceland, Germany, Sweden | 2009 | 58/70/95minGOD BLESS ICELAND tells the story of the financial crisis in Iceland, diving into the very real and daily confrontations of the calamity, which undermined not only the economy of Iceland but the very identity of the small island nation as well. Read More
Hotel Sahara
Germany | 2008 | 52/85minMauritanian Nouhadibou, where thousands are stranded on their way to Europe, lies between the desert and the sea. Stories of waiting, of hopes and unfulfilled dreams. Read More
I Want to See the Manager
Germany, Italy | 2014 | 89minIn the light of the current transformations within the global power structure, the documentary by Hannes Lang traces the linkage of economic ascent and decline. Read More
Inheritance: A Fisherman’s Story
Australia / Belgium | 2003 | 52/75minThe film follows the life of the fisherman Balazs Meszaros who struggles to survive after the ecological disaster in the year 2000, when the Hungarian river Tisza was flooded with tons of cyanide from an Australian-Romanian gold mine. Read More
Miners Shot Down
South Africa | 2014 | 52/86minMINERS SHOT DOWN by Rehad Desai is a haunting glimpse into the days leading up to the massacre of 34 miners in Marikana in August 2012. Read More
Money in Minutes
Germany | 2014 | 52/90minThe film tells of a lesser-acknowledged aspect of globalization: international work-related migration as the business foundation of financial service providers worldwide. Read More