You are here: Homepage Tag film Articles Scene from the “Orion Au Sahara 2970” (2023) campaign, shot in southern Morocco Photo: Azim Haidaryan Indigenous futurism “I love science fiction” Futuristic films such as “Dune” often feature desert peoples reminiscent of the Amazigh culture of North Africa — without acknowledging their influence. British-Moroccan filmmaker and designer Elias Riadi, in contrast, is building on the Amazigh tradition of his ancestors to create his very own version of an „indigenous futurism“ Interview with Elias Riadi 04/02/2024 The protagonist fighting the light: scene from Musquiqui Chihying's film "The Lighting" Photo: Musquiqui Chihyings Technology | Diversity Light and dark Multimedia artist Musquiqui Chihying explores how people of colour are portrayed in film and television - and what camera technology has to do with it. A conversation Interview with Musquiqui Chiyhing 10/01/2022 Film still: In the Negev desert, an international crew is rehearsing life on Mars. Is this what our future as space colonists will look like? Photo: taglicht media / Henning Brümmer Documentary | Outer space Will we have to leave our planet? Billionaires like Elon Musk dream of travelling to far-flung planets. But is that even an option? A conversation about striking a work-life balance on Mars and concerns about cosmic colonialism Interview with Rudolph Herzog 07/01/2022 Welket Bungué in Rio de Janeiro Foto: Kristin Bethge Personal history | Guinea-Bissau Hamlet, Hackman and homeland Welket Bungué, born in Xitole in the south of Guinea-Bissau in 1988, is an actor and filmmaker. After living and working in Portugal and Brazil, he now lives in Berlin. By Welket Bungué 10/01/2021 Indigenous cinema | New Zealand “Lacking access to our own culture” How a filmmaker seeks to give the Maori a voice. By Chelsea Winstanley 03/29/2019
Scene from the “Orion Au Sahara 2970” (2023) campaign, shot in southern Morocco Photo: Azim Haidaryan Indigenous futurism “I love science fiction” Futuristic films such as “Dune” often feature desert peoples reminiscent of the Amazigh culture of North Africa — without acknowledging their influence. British-Moroccan filmmaker and designer Elias Riadi, in contrast, is building on the Amazigh tradition of his ancestors to create his very own version of an „indigenous futurism“ Interview with Elias Riadi 04/02/2024
The protagonist fighting the light: scene from Musquiqui Chihying's film "The Lighting" Photo: Musquiqui Chihyings Technology | Diversity Light and dark Multimedia artist Musquiqui Chihying explores how people of colour are portrayed in film and television - and what camera technology has to do with it. A conversation Interview with Musquiqui Chiyhing 10/01/2022
Film still: In the Negev desert, an international crew is rehearsing life on Mars. Is this what our future as space colonists will look like? Photo: taglicht media / Henning Brümmer Documentary | Outer space Will we have to leave our planet? Billionaires like Elon Musk dream of travelling to far-flung planets. But is that even an option? A conversation about striking a work-life balance on Mars and concerns about cosmic colonialism Interview with Rudolph Herzog 07/01/2022
Welket Bungué in Rio de Janeiro Foto: Kristin Bethge Personal history | Guinea-Bissau Hamlet, Hackman and homeland Welket Bungué, born in Xitole in the south of Guinea-Bissau in 1988, is an actor and filmmaker. After living and working in Portugal and Brazil, he now lives in Berlin. By Welket Bungué 10/01/2021
Indigenous cinema | New Zealand “Lacking access to our own culture” How a filmmaker seeks to give the Maori a voice. By Chelsea Winstanley 03/29/2019