Economy

  • Cabbage, Potatoes and other Demons

    Romania, Germany | 2016 | 60min

    1 village, 1.000 tractors, 100.000 tons of cabbages & potatoes each year - which are hardly sold and eventually destroyed. Is there any way out? Read More

  • The Gas Weapon

    Sweden | 2014 | 52min

    The film by Alex Shiriaieff offers a factual background to the complicated relations between Russia and Ukraine and exclusive, emotional footage from the dramatic events during the last winter in Ukraine’s capital. Read More

     
  • Money in Minutes

    Germany | 2014 | 52/90min

    The film tells of a lesser-acknowledged aspect of globalization: international work-related migration as the business foundation of financial service providers worldwide. Read More

     
  • Miners Shot Down

    South Africa | 2014 | 52/86min

    MINERS 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

  • The Last Limousine

    Russia / Germany | 2014 | 52/75min

    Moscow's legendary ZIL automobile plant receives an order for three new government limousines for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union... Read More

     
  • The Contis

    France | 2012 | 52/97min

    This is the story of the struggle of 1200 workmen against the financial strategy of a multinational firm, Continental. Read More

     
  • God Bless Iceland

    Iceland, Germany, Sweden | 2009 | 58/70/95min

    GOD 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

     
  • .in for motion

    India | 2008 | 59min

    A visual essay about the dramatic changes that took place in India over the past 2 decades through economic liberalization and the IT revolution, a journey through the alleys of development. Read More

     
  • They Call Us Aliens - Foreigners in Tokyo

    Germany / Japan | 2008 | 54/87min

    Veit Helmer observes how foreigners struggle to make a living in a totally different society, in Japan. Read More