Tornadoes, floods and forest fires: who protects us today?

What do all three protagonists have in common? Their homes have been threatened and partially destroyed, their health endangered and their sense of peace and security changed forever. Who or what protects us from the climate crisis and future pandemics? One thing is clear: we must invest in real climate protection instead of tanks and the like! Nevertheless, the budget for the Ministry of Defense is expected to increase to 50 billion euros in 2022. In comparison, only around 15 billion euros are earmarked for the environment and development ministries in 2021. Armament blocks the system change that we urgently need to stop the climate crisis. According to a study by “Agora Energiewende”, 46 billion euros are needed annually for a climate-friendly restructuring of the German economy. With “Climate for Peace” we demand together with Greenpeace Spain and Greenpeace Italy: “Climate protection instead of armament”!

In cooperation with Greenpeace Germany, we were allowed to create the short film of 11 minutes as well as several short versions in different language versions for evaluation in social media.

Film support and processing of the educational film performance. The Freiburg Scientific Theater (FST) combines expert knowledge on sustainability issues with theatrical performances. The theater serves to mediate between experts and scientists, as well as between different cultures and generations. Scientific contexts are conveyed in an entertaining and innovative way, which we were allowed to accompany on film.

A German-Danish art project. The annual symposium under this year’s theme “TON” took place on the Danish side in the brickworks of Cathrinesminde Teglværk near the border. In 2020 the 100th anniversary of the German-Danish border will be celebrated – in times when a policy of foreclosure is being pursued on other European borders. From the point of view of the artist group, music as a cross-border and encompassing language is a strong and very desirable statement in times of demarcation and exclusion, the interplay was captured by us with the camera.

When in 2007 / 2008, the price of uranium skyrocketed from around US$ 20 per pound to nearly US$ 140 per pound, mining companies from all over the world set out to find uranium – a new uranium rush had started. Africa became a major target for uranium exploration.

“Uranium Mining – what are we talking about?” explores the properties of uranium as well as its uses, radioactivity and its health impacts, the mining process and its impacts on health, environment and the social patterns as well as the financial costs of rehabilitation and the social costs – based on factual information as well as experiences from affected communities.

A Film by Jonathan Happ & Katja Becker (2016) in Cooperation with the BMBF-funded Researchproject AFRASO –”Afrika’s Asiatische Optionen” which shows the Chinese investment with ups and downs for the people and the environment within the informal gold mining sector in Cameroon.

In the end of 2015 an enormous influx of refugees developed at the European frontier between Hungary and Serbia. A majority of those fled bombs and war crimes in Syria, but within the EU, the readiness for admission tipped. Right-wing conservative politicians, in particular the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, campaigned for a zero-tolerance policy towards those seeking help. Hungary quickly constructed a virtually insurmountable fence along its outer border and used all state resources to seal off the country. We were on site in the last days before the border closure and have witnessed on film the last hours of the Balkan route.

Refugeecamp Röszke