Matthias Heeder

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Science fiction has become a reality in our modern criminal justice system. A term originally coined by science fiction author Philip K. Dick, “pre-crime” is a policing technique now used in both the US and Europe to identify “hot people”—those most likely to be victims or perpetrators of a crime. Forecasting software and algorithms that have been criticized as inaccurate and arbitrary are used to collect information, and monitor and flag people. But predictive tools are only as good as the data they’re fed. With scant evidence of the reliability of the data sources or the accuracy of the data crunching, misfires are a guarantee. In this chilling and explosive in-depth examination into the modern age of policing, directors Monika Hielscher and Matthias Heider pose an important question: How much freedom and human awareness are we willing to give to the limited logic of technology?

Back for over a year, inflation is hitting us hard. This documentary sheds light on the mechanisms of a multifactorial economic phenomenon and outlines prospects for the future.

Many fishermen are gradually losing their traditional livelihoods. On the west coast of India, a power plant has scared away the fish, while in Sri Lanka fishermen are being driven away from coastlines taken over by tourist infrastructure. In Costa Rica, environmental concerns are leading to a ban on crab fishing, which provides a livelihood for entire villages.

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Documentary describes the attempt of a group of homeless Roma to break the vicious circle of social deprivation, criminalization, illegal re-entry, and renewed expulsion in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Migrant workers around the globe send money home to support their families, but there is a dark side to international cash transfers.

An assessment of the situation of Italian private television, which has developed from a regional communication medium into a commercial enterprise.

At Easter 1991, when few could have imagined the xenophobic riots of the following months and years, 28-year-old black contract worker Jorge Joa Gomondai from Mozambique died in Dresden. He was attacked by a group of rioting skinheads and thrown from a moving tram. Or did he jump in panic? The trial against three perpetrators failed to answer this question. His parents in Mozambique are still waiting for an explanation or apology from the city, or for compensation.

Documentary about the Roma theater of the same name in Kosice, Slovakia, which is organized and run exclusively by Roma and is unique in Europe. After more than 40 years of silence and social and artistic exclusion of the Roma, ROMATHAN is a first cautious step toward carving out a "space of normality" in an otherwise hostile environment. The ensemble has given us an insight into its everyday theater life, and we encounter its members as artistic and creative people who are learning to regain their dignity and self-confidence.