Ökozid

(Ecocide)
Andres Veiel
2020, colour, 90 minutes

A court drama, as low-key as it is spectacular, about the climate catastrophe. It is 2034, and 31 nations have filed suit against the Federal Republic of Germany claiming damages for the consequences of climate change. Ecocide moves masterfully between the past, present and future, between docudrama and fictional documentary.

Andres Veiel
Andres Veiel was born on October 16, 1959 in Stuttgart, Germany. He is a writer and director. His films include: "Winternachtstraum" ("A Winternight's Dream, documentary, 1992), "Balagan" (documentary, 1993) winner of the IFFS Main Prize and the German Film Award in Silver, "Die Überlebenden" ("The Survivors", documentary, 1996) winner of the Main Prize at the International Documentary Film Festival Munich and the Adolf Grimme Award in 1998, the highly-acclaimed "Black Box BRD" ("Black Box Germany", 2001) for which he received the German Film Award for Best Documentary in 2002 and the European Film Award, "Die Spielwütigen" ("Addicted to Acting", 2004), "Der Kick" ("The Kick", 2006) which won the Grand Prix Cinema du Reel, the feature "Wer wenn nicht wir" ("If Not Us, Who", 2011) which screened in Competition in Berlin, and his latest documentary "Beuys" (2017).

For age group 18 years and above.

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