Virtual Cultures in Pandemic Time(NaN)

Second Skin(en)

Second Skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by online virtual worlds. An emerging genre of computer software called Massively Multiplayer Online games, or MMOs, allows millions of users to interact simultaneously in virtual spaces. Of the 50 million players worldwide, 50 percent consider themselves addicted.

Werner We Love You(de)

When Werner Herzog was still a child, his father was beaten to death before his eyes. His mother was overwhelmed with his upbringing and thereupon shipped him off to one of the toughest youth welfare institutions in Freistatt. This was followed by a career as a bouncer in the city's most notorious music club and an attempt to start a family. Today, the 77-year-old from Bielefeld lives with his dog Lucky in a lonely house in the country. Despite adverse living conditions, he has survived in his own unique and inimitable way.

i.Mirror by China Tracy(en)

Cao Fei recorded her experiences within the online social platform Second Life. The result is a wistful, surreal vision of an alternative reality sprung from the pop culture fantasies and hyper-consumerism of contemporary urban China, while also trying to transcend its real-life limitations. It can be seen as an answer to the challenge posed by River Elegy: how to envision a new Chinese destiny founded on principles of individuality, creativity, discovery, and freedom. The film also reflects the contemporary condition of the virtual supplanting our experience of the real.

Génération exhibition(fr)

In a few clicks, they can connect girls, make new friends in Sydney or Bamako, become a videographer or photographer, show their buttocks to a virtual friend in Berlin, meet anorexics, put their music online hoping to become famous... Welcome to the new "teen planet", where, it seems, we are more comfortable in the digital jungle than in real life. Ready to do anything to become celebrities via the Net, like the "Suicide girls", young adults posing naked on the Web who have become real idols for young girls, teenagers chat, download and publish their content at a hundred per hour: a set of techniques and knowledge that their parents often master very badly. To better understand this silent revolution underway among teenagers, for whom the Web has become the symbol of a new way of life and a tool for self-promotion, Stéphanie Kaim went to meet some young cybernauts.

Quecoeur et les garçons(fr)

It's quite incredible: this girl is a loving, faithful wife, never a slip or a glance out of place, and now she's met 6 lovers in three months! It's because she leads a double life: on the one hand, cushy evenings at home with her little husband, and on the other, torrid evenings flirting with hotties under the pseudonym Quecoeur. And the husband? He says nothing. Or not much, but he's watching. This is "Second Life" (SL for those in the know): the chance to build a new, more exciting life on your computer...

Reality Fades(es)

Caridad is a woman who lives disconnected from her reality due to the loss of her son, a situation she has not been able to overcome since then, so she enters an emotional state in which reality and fiction combine with each other, preventing She can distinguish between them.

Head In The Clouds(id)

Laiila’s journey that looking for an answer to the questions that plagued her mind. In the middle of her journey, Ale comes to help Laiila to define what happiness truly is.

The Last Blues(hu)

On the surface it is an idyll. He lives a happily married life with Judit, a teacher and their eight-year old son, Dani. His best friend, Zoli is also his business partner and between the two of them they own four flourishing bakeries in Budapest. An enviable setting. But in the background a time bomb is ticking away. For years Andris has been living a passionate and blessed second life. The scene is Poland. Pretending to be making business trips, he has been spending half the year in Cracow, with Bea. She is a beautiful young woman and a church-painter. In this life Andris paints Creation in the chapel near the city. He is sensitive and gifted in what he does. In Pest he is a talented businessman, in Cracow an excellent artist. It is as if there were two people in him. What's more: he is satisfied with both lives. And since he is also an excellent conspirator, until this early morning he has never had to make a choice. But now Bea is pregnant, and would like to marry him...

Behind You (an Animal Crossing mini horror movie)(en)

A girl trying to live a normal life, little does she know the danger that lurks behind her…

Bear Land(de)

In the steppes and forests of northern Asia, several species of bear coexist and fight for their survival, in a nature that has been put to the test by climate change.

Der Strand: Tierisches aus dem Ferienparadies(de)

If the beach is synonymous with holidays and relaxation, it is also of capital importance for the animals and plants that flourish there. Between wet towels, umbrellas and sandcastles, the real inhabitants of this golden expanse have developed amazing strategies to adapt to the tourist crowds.

Pierre Cardin: La Fabrique du Futur(fr)

A Knife in the Eye(nl)

A day in the life of the Belgian painter, Michaël Borremans.

Az ország háza(hu)

Encounters at the End of the World(en)

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there, and to capture footage of the continent's unique locations. Herzog's voiceover narration explains that his film will not be a typical Antarctica film about "fluffy penguins", but will explore the dreams of the people and the landscape.

Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?(en)

Morgan Spurlock tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror with Arabic people.

Ancient Sunshine(en)

A reflection on anarchism and labor, ANCIENT SUNSHINE marks a path through the struggles of climate activism and coal extractions in the American West.

Above the Best(en)

Army Aviators say they fly "above the best" see the lengths these heroes will go to, to protect the soldiers on the ground, and each other during intense combat in the most dangerous places on Earth.

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant(en)

Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and his craft. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done was inspired by the true story of an actor who committed in reality the crime he was supposed to enact on stage: murdering his mother. With longtime friend Herbert Golder behind the lens, Herzog reveals the privacy and deep solitude that defines the director and his art.

In Bloom(en)

"Yep, you picked the right video. In Bloom features the natural talents of six rising stars leaving their indelible impression on the glamorous world of skateboarding. From the flash and flair to the fame and falls, it's all in there. Prepare yourself for a glimpse of what's to come." Video #13