Editor
In 1981, Wau Holland and other hackers established the Hamburg based Chaos Computer Club (CCC). The idiosyncratic freethinkers were inspired by Californian technology visionaries and committed themselves to hacker ethics. All information must be free. Use public data, protect private data. But not everyone followed the rules. Computer technology was still in its infancy and the emerging Internet became a projection screen for social utopias. What has become of them? The story of the German hackers, told by the protagonists themselves in a montage of found video and audio material.
Director
A family portrait told through Super8 footage and old tapes from 1975-77. In it’s essence the question about belief. A boy and his dilemma to stand between the wish for freedom, struggle in adoleszenz and strong urge for Christian enlightenment from his family background. At the same time the few back on death of parents and remaining questions.
Director
Photographer Jürgen Vollmer met and befriended The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany, in 1969 and was the one responsible for their iconic haircuts. The film chronicles episodes of Vollmer's life in Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Hamburg, where he now teaches young immigrants English and Photography.
