On October 28, «The Forum», the new documentary by Marcus Vetter, will open the 62nd edition of DOK Leipzig. The film will be screened as part of the international competition.
The film tells from the internal perspective of the World Economic Forum the struggle between global business leaders and national politicians to solve the worlds most urgent problems. Can the WEF, as a platform, help to shape a better future for our planet, or is it just the perfect cover for businesses to lobby their own agendas?
The project is a co-production with gebrueder beetz filmproduktion, Filmperspektive, SWR, BR, HR, SRF, SRG SSR and VPRO and was supported by Creative Europe MEDIA, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, M.F.G. Filmförderung, Zürcher Filmstiftung and the Swiss Federal Office of Culture.
Additionaly, the film will have it's cinematic premiere at the Urania in Berlin on November 4th.
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