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Feature Film I Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh I France I 2020 I 98 Min I OmdU I Preview Screening
The Gagarine settlement was once a flagship property, but now it is to be demolished. Yuri and his friends develop their own form of protest. [...]
Dr. Karamba Diaby, SPD Member of Parliament, Commissioner for Integration I Prof. Dr. Marie-Claire Foblets, Director, Max Planck Institute for Ethnological Research I Moderation: Anna von Gruenewaldt, Koordinatorin, Lange Woche der Nachhaltigkeit, Jonathan Unterweger & Alena Simon, Speech Science, MLU Halle-Wittenberg
We often hear that there needs to be more equality. But what does that actually mean? Tell us what you think about "justice." [...]
Feature Film I Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh I France I 2020 I 98 Min I OmdU I Preview Screening
The Gagarine settlement was once a flagship property, but now it is to be demolished. Yuri and his friends develop their own form of protest. [...]
Die interaktive Installation „Augenblick“ in der Moritzburg wird zum aktiven Teil der Eröffnungsveranstaltung. Das Geschehen auf der Bühne wird live gefilmt und in einen Supercomputer eingespeist, der mit einer Großleinwand verbunden ist. Dadurch gleicht die KI-Transformation einer aktiven, künstlerischen Erkundung der Realität und ermöglicht eine neue Form des kreativen Zusammenspiels zwischen Mensch und Maschine.
Uhrzeit: Einlass ab 19 Uhr, Beginn 19.30 Uhr
Unplugged Street Show I Les Commandos Percu I France I 40 Min
This is what community feels like: With drum sounds and fireworks, "Les Commandos Percu" remind us of what unites us humans.
All people have a common rhythm, the International Streetart Company "Les Commandos Percu" is sure of that. In the streets of Halle, this human machine shows its rhythm and takes you on a journey full of explosive surprises.
Start in front of the Moritzburg, arrival at Domplatz. No registration necessary in advance.
Documentary I Eefje Blankevoort & Els Van Driel I The Netherlands I 2021 I 90 Min I OmdU I Recommended age: 12 years and older
How do young people experience their refugee journey to Europe? For "Shadow Game", ten boys recorded what they went through at night at borders, in trains and truck tunnels. [...]
Interactive Installation I Lunar Ring I Germany I 2021
Augenblick reveals how artificial intelligence reimagines our world and how it seeks interaction with us humans.[...]
Kinetic Audiovisual Installation I Gil Delindro I Portugal I 2021
It cracks and creaks, it swishes and trickles: Gil Delindro spent months recording the sounds of the Rhone glacier, which can now be experienced in a video-sound installation.[...]
Augmented Reality Installation I Karim ben Khelifa I Germany, France I 2021
It only takes a few clicks to order a new smartphone. This has dramatic consequences for the Congo and other countries. [...]
Interactive Installation I Hanna Haaslahti I Finland, Germany I 2021
Apparently, it is in the human being to look down on others. In this interactive installation, you can experience the dangerous consequences this can have. [...]
In the Burgshop of Burg Giebichenstein, you can buy a selection of beautiful, useful, and guaranteed unique design products and works of art under the label "MADE IN BURG". [...]
Documentary I Eefje Blankevoort & Els Van Driel I The Netherlands I 2021 I 90 Min I OmdU I Recommended age: 12 years and older
How do young people experience their refugee journey to Europe? For "Shadow Game", ten boys recorded what they went through at night at borders, in trains and truck tunnels. [...]
Kübra Gümüşay, Journalist, Blogger, Author and Net Activist I Moderation: Leyla Jagiella, Ethnologist, Religious Scholar and Trans Activist
We need to talk. About the power and limits of language. Kübra Gümüşay, author of the bestseller " Sprache und Sein" (Language and Being) in an exchange with Leyla Jagiella. [...]
Documentary I Boris Van der Avoort I Belgium I 2020 I 74 Min
EURASF Award - The Best European Science Film 2020/21
An inquisitive and reflective investigation on the notions of sleep and sleeplessness. [...]
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius, Director, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) I Dr. Suzanna Randall, Astrophysicist, European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Research is also a question of justice, as Antje Boetius and Suzanna Randall know. The two researchers in a conversation, moderated by Petra Ahne. [...]
Feature Film I Farid Bentoumi I Frankreich I 2020 I 90 Min I OmdU I German Premier
The factory where Nour works discharges environmental toxins into the wastewater, manipulates medical records and covers up accidents. But what to do when your own father is partly responsible? [...]
Documentary I Karl Ammann, Laurin Merz I Switzerland I 2020 I I 90 min I OmdU
Recommended age: 14
Whether as a petting animal or "material supplier" for jewelry and medicine: Whatever the tiger yields is processed. This is rarely legal. [...]
Documentary I Joel Bakan & Jennifer Abbott I Canada I 2020 I 106 Min I OmdU I German Premier
Large corporations like to present themselves as "socially responsible". The documentary "The New Corporation" explores what this means for our democracy. [...]
In cooperation with European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
SciFi Short Films I Curated by Louis Savy I Various I 2021 I 90 Min I English
The connection between real science and fiction is essential to hold a mirror up to current socio-political, economic and environmental issues, as well as play with possible outcomes from our choices and the advancement of technology. These short-films have been curated by SCI-FI-LONDON, each chosen to entertain and encourage discussion, to provoke and provide you food-for-thought.
In cooperation with SCI-FI London
Documentary I Franz Böhm I Germany, UK, Austria I 2021 I 89 Min I OmdU I Recommended age: 12 yrs I Preview Screening
Why do young activists risk their lives to protest against oppressive conditions? A journey to Chile, Uganda and Hong Kong. [...]
Interactive Installation I Lunar Ring I Germany I 2021
Augenblick reveals how artificial intelligence reimagines our world and how it seeks interaction with us humans.[...]
Clown Visite Halle accepts the challenge! With clownish ease, wry chants and fantastic jokes, we challenge the AI. Who do you think will win? Clown or machine?
A theatrical educational offer for children.
Interactive Installation I Hanna Haaslahti I Finland, Germany I 2021
Apparently, it is in the human being to look down on others. In this interactive installation, you can experience the dangerous consequences this can have. [...]
In the Burgshop of Burg Giebichenstein, you can buy a selection of beautiful, useful, and guaranteed unique design products and works of art under the label "MADE IN BURG". [...]
Kinetic Audiovisual Installation I Gil Delindro I Portugal I 2021
It cracks and creaks, it swishes and trickles: Gil Delindro spent months recording the sounds of the Rhone glacier, which can now be experienced in a video-sound installation.[...]
Augmented Reality Installation I Karim ben Khelifa I Germany, France I 2021
It only takes a few clicks to order a new smartphone. This has dramatic consequences for the Congo and other countries. [...]
Moderator: Ilka Bickmann, Head of Youth & Science Communication SILBERSALZ Festival, Executive Board science2public e.V.
What impact does the pandemic have on the democratic rights of young people? What is democratically justifiable, where are rights being curtailed, and is this happening rightly? A social science study by pupils. [...]
Documentary I Franz Böhm I Germany, UK, Austria I 2021 I 89 Min I OmdU I Recommended age: 12 yrs I Preview Screening
Why do young activists risk their lives to protest against oppressive conditions? A journey to Chile, Uganda and Hong Kong. [...]
Sarah Lutzemann I Kohsie, Diversity Bookstore
Sometimes life tastes like chewing gum, and sometimes it is full of complications - you can find out more about this in the reading with Sarah Lutzemann. [...]
Get to know us, yourself, Halle and TikTok better: What works with TikTok, but what are also NoGos in social media? How can you use TikTok and your smartphone and at the same time make our city of Halle and maybe even the world a little better?
Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics, Politician, Hellenic Parliament (MeRA 25) I Moderation: Angela Richter, Regisseurin, Journalistin
In his first science fiction novel, politician and economist Yanis Varoufakis imagines an alternative concept of society. In conversation with Angela Richter, he reveals why and how. [...]
Documentary I Sharon Shattuck & Ian Cheney I USA I 2020 I 97 Min I OmdU
Many leave the industry or are not heard: why science needs more diversity and how this can be achieved. [...]
Documentary I Franz Böhm I Germany, UK, Austria I 2021 I 89 Min I OmdU I Recommended age: 12 yrs I Preview Screening
Why do young activists risk their lives to protest against oppressive conditions? A journey to Chile, Uganda and Hong Kong. [...]
Creative stories from the world of science are honoured at this award show. They are awarded at the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - with an exciting programme!
Inga Schlesier, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg / Dirk Schlesier, Planetarium Halle (Saale)
In Passage 13, the current starry sky can be experienced in a digital star show. In good weather and with clear skies, an observation of the evening starry sky will follow. For a look through the telescope, a telescope will be set up on the adjacent forecourt at the Neustadtcenter.
Inga Schlesier, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg / Dirk Schlesier, Planetarium Halle (Saale)
Who will slam their way into the hearts and minds of the audience? Five young researchers present their scientific work in ten minutes. The topics this time are inequality, health, and well-being. [...]
Unplugged Street Show I Les Commandos Percu I France I 40 Min
This is what community feels like: With drum sounds and fireworks, "Les Commandos Percu" remind us of what unites us humans. All people have a common rhythm, the International Streetart Company "Les Commandos Percu" is sure of that.On Ziegelwiese, this human machine shows its rhythm and takes you on a journey full of explosive surprises.
Live Audio Visual I Jamie Perera, Leah Borromeo, Katharine Round I UK I 2021
Anthropocene in C Major is the story of mankind's influence on Earth and the environment told through a live performance that turns data into sound. In a one-off performance, a collage of found footage and imagery unearthed from online repositories is read through the eyes of an AI supercomputer scanning the room to create its own vision of past, present, and future. [...]
Anthropocene in C Major is composed and performed by Jamie Perera
Film Directed and Produced by Disobedient
Live AI Film Interpretation and Performance by Augenblick, created by Lunar Ring.
Anthropocene in C Major was developed as part of the Climate Symphony project by Leah Borromeo, Katharine Round and Jamie Perera.
SciFi Short Films I Curated by Louis Savy I Various I 2021 I 90 Min I English
The connection between real science and fiction is essential to hold a mirror up to current socio-political, economic and environmental issues, as well as play with possible outcomes from our choices and the advancement of technology. These short-films have been curated by SCI-FI-LONDON, each chosen to entertain and encourage discussion, to provoke and provide you food-for-thought.
In cooperation with SCI-FI London
Feature Film I Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh I France I 2020 I 98 Min I OmdU I Preview Screening
The Gagarine settlement was once a flagship property, but now it is to be demolished. Yuri and his friends develop their own form of protest. [...]
Interactive Installation I Lunar Ring I Germany I 2021
Augenblick reveals how artificial intelligence reimagines our world and how it seeks interaction with us humans.[...]
Interactive Installation I Hanna Haaslahti I Finland, Germany I 2021
Apparently, it is in the human being to look down on others. In this interactive installation, you can experience the dangerous consequences this can have. [...]
Hands-on science, to try out, to experiment, to discuss. Passage 13 opens its doors again and invites young and old with about 20 partners from the region to various participatory activities from the world of research [...]
In the Burgshop of Burg Giebichenstein, you can buy a selection of beautiful, useful, and guaranteed unique design products and works of art under the label "MADE IN BURG". [...]
Kinetic Audiovisual Installation I Gil Delindro I Portugal I 2021
It cracks and creaks, it swishes and trickles: Gil Delindro spent months recording the sounds of the Rhone glacier, which can now be experienced in a video-sound installation.[...]
Augmented Reality Installation I Karim ben Khelifa I Germany, France I 2021
It only takes a few clicks to order a new smartphone. This has dramatic consequences for the Congo and other countries. [...]
Almut Knauß I YogaMio
Almut has been teaching yoga in Halle since 2014 and is recognised as a yoga teacher by a diploma from the Yoga Alliance. As a graduate sports scientist and trained speech therapist, she has extensive professional experience in the therapeutic and educational field. She has been the owner of YogaMio in Halle since 2016.
Please bring your Yoga mat.
Buse Cetin, activist and AI specialist I Hera Hussain, Founder, Chayn | Benjamin Ignac, Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations | Nani Jansen Reventlow, Director, Digital Freedom Fund | Dr. Nakeema Damali Stefflbauer, Founder & Director, FrauenLoop
A focus on marginalized perspectives is necessary to embed the principles of justice, equity, and inclusion into technologies
Prof Dr Antje Boetius, Director, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Fritz Habekuß, Editor, Die Zeit
Ties and togetherness - Immerse yourself in the manifold human love for and in encounters with other forms of life [...]
A short workshop where you will get the chance to unpack the Captured art piece. This is an opportunity for you to engage with the artist Hanna Haaslahti and the important topics explored in Captured.
Borealis just recently won the SILBERSALZ Science & Media Award. Now you can see it at Puschkino.
Prof. Dr. Niko Paech, Post-Growth Economist, University of Siegen I Waldemar Zeiler, Co-founder & CEO, Einhorn, Author of "Unfuck The Economy” I Host: Annemarie Botzki, Campaigner, WeMove Europe, Activist, Extinction Rebellion
Do we need new values? Start-up founder Waldemar Zeiler, Niko Paech, professor of post-growth economics, and activist Annemarie Botzki discuss solutions for a sustainable economy and society. [...]
Saale Expedition: Research in the River: Boat tour around Blue Bioeconomy with Germany's 1st citizen research boat "Make Science Halle".
More information at: ms-halle.science
Documentary I Karl Ammann, Laurin Merz I Switzerland I 2020 I I 90 min I OmdU
Recommended age: 14
Whether as a petting animal or "material supplier" for jewelry and medicine: Whatever the tiger yields is processed. This is rarely legal. [...]
Dr Viola Priesemann, Head of Research Group "Neural SystemsTheory", Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization I Prof Dr Timo de Wolff, Head of Research Group “Algebra”, Institute of Analysis and Algebra, Braunschweig University of Technology
How do you research the spread and containment of a virus or the flow of information in neural networks? And what questions are currently being addressed in research on algebraic mathematics? [...]
Stefan und Almut Knauß I Tango Mio Halle
Stefan and Almut have both been passionately dancing Tango for over 10 years and today you are invited to join them and dance. They learned it in Buenos Aires and from over 30 internationally renowned teachers. Together they founded Tango Mio Halle in 2014 and are the place to go for Tango Argentino in Halle.
Marcus Gilroy-Ware, Autor, Dozent für digitalen Journalismus, University of the West of England
We have more information at our disposal now than at any time before. So why, in a world of rising sea levels, resurgence of the far-right, and a global pandemic, do so many people believe in bizarre and untrue things about the world? [...]
Documentary | Mohamed El Aboudi | Finland, France, Morocco | 2021 | 78 Min | OmdU
Those who go to school do not have to go hungry later. But: Those who go to school cannot help with work today. "School of Hope" talks about the struggle with the future in Morocco. [...]
The Latest from the Book Table: Freshly Signed and with a Short Chat....Waldemar Zeiler signs his book "Unfuck the Economy: Eine neue Wirtschaft und ein besseres Leben für alle" [...]
Maja Göpel signs her book "Unsere Welt neu denken. Eine Einladung". [...]
Saale Expedition: Research in the River: Boat tour around Blue Bioeconomy with Germany's 1st citizen research boat "Make Science Halle".
More information at: ms-halle.science
Documentary I Pernille Rose Grønkjær I Denmark I 2021 I 110 in I OmdU I European Premier
Leading scientists have retreated to the New Mexico desert with an ambitious goal: they want to secure the future of humanity. [...]
Tim Rosenbaum dives into a myriad of genres, touching spaces between past and future. Echoing lo-fi iterations of lurching beats, twisted drum patterns and overlapping synths create an one-of-a-kind journey through electronic music.
Max Cooper I Audio-visual project I United Kingdom I 2020
Mankind always desires to acquire more: More knowledge, more money, more possessions... Max Cooper presents an artistic response to this longing through a live multi-screen audio-visual performance. [...]
Feature Film I Farid Bentoumi I Frankreich I 2020 I 90 Min I OmdU I German Premier
The factory where Nour works discharges environmental toxins into the wastewater, manipulates medical records and covers up accidents. But what to do when your own father is partly responsible? [...]
Fiction, Horror Comedy I Cody Calahan I Canada I 2020 I 101 min I OmdU I Midnite Science
Can you keep real serial killers at bay if you know a lot about horror movies? Film critic Joel gets increasingly out of his comfort zone when he realizes who is sitting next to him. [...]
Max Cooper I Audio-visual project I United Kingdom I 2020
Mankind always desires to acquire more: More knowledge, more money, more possessions... Max Cooper presents an artistic response to this longing through a live multi-screen audio-visual performance. [...]
Interactive Installation I Lunar Ring I Germany I 2021
Augenblick reveals how artificial intelligence reimagines our world and how it seeks interaction with us humans.[...]
Augmented Reality Installation I Karim ben Khelifa I Germany, France I 2021
It only takes a few clicks to order a new smartphone. This has dramatic consequences for the Congo and other countries. [...]
Interactive Installation I Hanna Haaslahti I Finland, Germany I 2021
Apparently, it is in the human being to look down on others. In this interactive installation, you can experience the dangerous consequences this can have. [...]
In the Burgshop of Burg Giebichenstein, you can buy a selection of beautiful, useful, and guaranteed unique design products and works of art under the label "MADE IN BURG". [...]
Hands-on science, to try out, to experiment, to discuss. Passage 13 opens its doors again and invites young and old with about 20 partners from the region to various participatory activities from the world of research [...]
Kinetic Audiovisual Installation I Gil Delindro I Portugal I 2021
It cracks and creaks, it swishes and trickles: Gil Delindro spent months recording the sounds of the Rhone glacier, which can now be experienced in a video-sound installation.[...]
Peter Kube, pastor, Domgemeinschaft and invited scientists
How do religion and theology relate to other scientific disciplines and how does a profitable exchange succeed? [...]
Last year, Expedition Arctic already amazed us – now, the documentary won a SILBERSALZ Science & Media Award. And Sunday, you can see it at Puschkino.
Tahir Amin, Mitbegründer & CEO, Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK) I Prof. Dr. Gagandeep Kang, The Wellcome Trust Forschungslabor I Kai Kupferschmidt, Wissenschaftsjournalist, RiffReporter & Science Magazine
In Germany, the majority of the population has already been vaccinated against Covid-19. In other countries, only a few percent are. What steps are needed to protect us all? [...]
Dokumentarfilm I Joel Bakan & Jennifer Abbott I Kanada I 2020 I 106 Min I OmdU
Große Unternehmen zeigen sich gern „sozial verantwortungsvoll“. Der Dokumentarfilm „The New Corporation“ zeigt, was das für unsere Demokratie bedeutet.
Saale Expedition: Research in the River: Boat tour around Blue Bioeconomy with Germany's 1st citizen research boat "Make Science Halle".
More information at: ms-halle.science
Dr Jasper Meya & Dr Felix Meier, Biodiversity Economics Group, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv).
What do you think about the CO2 price? And how can it be made effective and fair? Share your ideas and exchange ideas with scientists who are investigating these questions. [...]
Simulated love or love in simulation: Curtain up for the SciFi reading of “Utopia of True Love” by the author Baoshu from Xi’an, who was celebrated in China for his sequel to Liu Cixin's three-sun trilogy. “Utopia of True Love” is about a couple who wants to get married and therefore wants to improve their love index. They visit a simulation that puts their love to the test and takes them on a journey through eras, continents and galaxies
Children / Youth Film I Barbara Kronenberg I Germany, Luxembourg, Poland I 2021 I 90 Min I German I Preview Screening
Ulja's love of learning is such a problem for her family that her grandmother finally bans everything that has to do with it from her life. But Ulja once again has a plan. [...]
Prof. Dr. Saleemul Huq, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) I Dr. Kira Vinke, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) I Suzanne Dhaliwal, lecturer, climate and environmental justice activist I Moderation: Fritz Habekuß, Editor, Die Zeit
The nexus between environmental and social justice: Problems like poverty and racism are ( also ) related to environmental issues. Scientists will discuss what this means for our actions from different perspectives.[...]
The Latest from the Book Table: Freshly Signed and with a Short Chat.... Ece Temelkuran signs her book "Together: 10 Choices For a Better Now". [...]
Prof. Dr. Oliver Holtemöller, Stellvertr. Präsident, Leibniz-Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Halle-Wittenberg I Dr. Reiner Klingholz, Chemiker, Autor, Wissenschaftsjournalist, Bevölkerungsforscher I Moderation: Ulrike Herrmann, Autorin, Wirtschaftskorrespondentin, Die Taz
Überbevölkerung und Konsumexplosion belasten unseren Planeten. Ist eine Umkehr noch möglich? Eine Diskussion über das Verhältnis von globalem Wachstum und Klimapolitik. [...]
Documentary I Eefje Blankevoort & Els Van Driel I The Netherlands I 2021 I 90 Min I OmdU I Recommended age: 12 years and older
How do young people experience their refugee journey to Europe? For "Shadow Game", ten boys recorded what they went through at night at borders, in trains and truck tunnels. [...]
Documentary I Benoit Bringer I France I 2021 I 90 Min I OmU
How does Europe interact with Central Asian countries? And how should it behave? A documentary about corruption, human rights violations, and political relations.[...]
Ece Temelkuran, Author, Journalist and Political Commentator I Moderation: Luisa Seeling, Journalist
Turkish author and dissident Ece Temelkuran talks about social polarisation, the dismantling of democratic principles and the power of global solidarity. [...]
Documentary I Sharon Shattuck & Ian Cheney I USA I 2020 I 97 Min I OmdU
Many leave the industry or are not heard: why science needs more diversity and how this can be achieved. [...]
Documentary I Pieter-Rim de Kroon I The Netherlands, Germany I 2020 I 104 min I OV(NL/DK)
Like a never-ending breath, the rhythm of the tides determines all life in and around the Wadden Sea. A portrait of the largest wetland on earth. [...]
