Foresight Filmfestival

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The Foresight Filmfestival, as indicated by the name, presents short films with a future vision.

It is the first science-vision festival that invites visionaries from research, film making, media, and society to imagine our life in about ten or fifteen years and to discuss the questions of “How do we want to live? How will we live?”. It is also the opportunity to take a look into the future - from the technological possibilities on the one hand and society’s needs one the other hand - and to begin developing concrete visions to shape the future together.
In this way, the short films reveal trends and societal challenges; they might be an early warning, show the potential of already started projects or reveal an idea pool for future projects and research processes.
In light of the nature of exponentially growing technological development (keywords: digital revolution, second modernity, industry 4.0) and its effect on all areas of life, it is becoming clear that many questions still remain unanswered and that it requires the continual understanding of society to know where all of this should lead. It is not enough for science and society to brainstorm together, it is imperative that they communicate.
This is the purpose of Foresight Filmfestival. It serves in particular as a contemporary instrument of dialogue because, after all, nobody can tell the future.
The Foresight Filmfestival subscribes to this purpose. Researchers, scientists, and project developers can take the opportunity to advertise their work and discuss their interests; not, however, without the corrective assistance of film makers, artists and media representatives to lend this project more focus on the perspective of the greater societal interest. Creative minds will be offered a platform for sharing their vision of how technology should develop and affect our lives in the next ten to twenty years; not, of course, without scientifically substantiating this vision in clips that should be a minimum of thirty seconds and a maximum of fifteen minutes long.

Competition Categories 2017:
1. Foresight Update
2. City, Country, Interspace