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“Digital Dissidents” now available on iTunes
After the festival-success in 2015, the documentary by Cyril Tuschi with Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg and William Binney, is now also available on iTunes. The film is giving insights into the the motives, aims and contradictions of those people fighting for transparency and privacy in the digital world. While many people celebrate them […]
#arthunt nominated for German Reporter Award 2015
Great news for our transmedial search for a lost painting, that saved the lives of 30 people: ‘#arthunt’ is nominated for the “German Reporter Award 2015” in the category “Innovation”. Thanks to the cross medial concept of the documentary, more than 1000 people provided clues and took part in the discussion via Whatsapp. We celebrate the […]
Crossmedia Panel at WCSFP / SUPERNERDS at “What’s the Buzz”
At the “World Congress of Science & Factual Producers” (WCSFP), Christian Beetz will present the crossmedia projects SUPERNERDS and #arthunt. Furthermore, the project SUPERNERDS was selected for the opening event “What’s the Buzz of the Year” (WTB). WTB features the world’s best productions in non-fiction.
#arthunt premieres on November 19th at Jewish Museum Munich
A painting that has saved the lives of more than 30 people and that has been lost for almost eight decades. A case of looted art that leads from Germany’s present right into its dark past. A transmedia investigation across various media channels and outlets, which makes the audience part of the team. More than […]
VIKING KIDS receives Funding by MEDIA and „Fernsehen aus Thüringen“
We are happy that the idea for our kids series was selected by the jury of the producer’s initiative “Fernsehen aus Thüringen” and will be granted Euro 15,000 for further development. It is one of five projects that plan to be realized in the Free State ofThuringia. In the series (13x24min) the 12 year old […]
Scroll Doc “Falciani’s SwissLeaks” wins “German Economic Film Award”
The interactive finance thriller received the first prize of the section “Film in New Media”. The jury highlighted the way the scroll doc engaged the user in the story. The award ceremony took place on November 4th at Kino International in Berlin. The web project covers the events around the enigmatic bank whistleblower Hervé Falciani. […]
“1989 – A Statesman Opens up“ wins Premios Ondas International TV Award
Our coproduction “1989” received the ONDAS TV AWARD 2015 for “Best TV Production of the Year” in Barcelona. The Ondas Awards are Spain’s most long-standing and prestigious radio and television awards. “1989” is a feature-length documentary and a high-politics drama about the collapse of the Iron Curtain. Directors Erzsébet Rácz and Anders Østergaard mix archive […]
“Falciani’s Tax Bomb” at CPH:DOX
The good news continue: our coproduction “Falciani’s Tax Bomb” will be shown three times at this years CPH:DOX! The investigative documentary-thriller covers the events around the enigmatic bank whistle-blower Hervé Falciani. The highly sensible client data he stole from HSBC lead to the biggest banking scandal of history, which is why many consider him to […]
SUPERNERDS wins 1.Prize at the 17. International Eyes & Ears Awards
We´re happy to announce that our interactive TV-Live-Event SUPERNERDS wins the 1.Prize at the 17. Internationale Eyes & Ears Awards in the category “Best cross-media event campaign”. “Supernerds” merges theater, television and interactive media into a transmedia project that explores the phenomenon of Supernerds, web activists and “new dissidents” à la Snowden, Appelbaum or Assange. […]
„Digital Dissidents“ at WATCH DOCS.Human Rights in Film IFF Warsaw and São Paulo International Film Festival 2015
Double success for our documentary „Digital Dissidents“: the film by director Cyril Tuschi will be shown at the 15th WATCH DOCS.Human Rights in Film IFF in Warsaw as well as at the 39th São Paulo International Film Festival. The film, starring Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg, deals with people committing their lives for […]
“Falciani’s Tax Bomb” nominated for German Television Award
The celebration continues: the German Academy of Television nominated our co-production “Falciani’s Tax Bomb” for the German Television Award in the category “documentary feature”. Every year since 2010 the Academy of German Television honors outstanding achievements in all departments of tv- production.The investigative documentary-thriller „Falciani’s Tax Bomb“ covers the events around the enigmatic bank whistle-blower […]
„Dream Boat“ receives script funding by FFA
A cruise ship and 3,000 men – this is what our new 90 minutes documentary will be all about. The ship of a promoter of gay cruises casts off for a seven-day Mediterranean tour: Sun, sea, bare skin, testosterone galore, and 3,000 opportunities – a grand promise. We are very glad that “Dream Boat”, written […]
Documentary and scroll-doc about Whistleblower Falciani nominated for the German Economy Film Award 2015
The investigate documentary „Falciani’s Tax Bomb“ by Ben Lewis is nominated in the category „Films about Economy“. Our multimedia scroll-documentary “Falciani´s SwissLeaks – The Great Bank Data Robbery“ is nominated in the category „Films in New Media“. The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology annually honours the best Economy films and films about Economy in […]
“1989 – A Statesman Opens up” wins the Prix Italia 2015!
The film by Anders Østergaard and Erzsébet Rácz was honored with the famous award for the “Best documentary in cultural and general interest”.The Prix Italia is one of the most important international awards for TV, radio and web productions. The feature-length documentary visits the closed rooms where battles are fought and history made, pushing the […]