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FOR THE FOURTH TIME AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. DOCUMENTARY BY GEBRUEDER BEETZ IN COMPETITION AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2024: „ETERNAL YOU“ by Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck
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FOR THE FOURTH TIME AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. DOCUMENTARY BY GEBRUEDER BEETZ IN COMPETITION AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2024:
"ETERNAL YOU" by Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck
The documentary from gebrueder beetz filmproduktion ETERNAL YOU by directors Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck (The Cleaners, Sundance 2018) will celebrate its world premiere in the competition program of the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival. It is the fourth film from the Berlin-based documentary powerhouse to compete at the renowned festival in the last 10 years.
Following recent major successes with the World-Premiere of the documentary series JUAN CARLOS (Sky Original) at Cannes Series and its following nomination for the RealScreen Award the company works on the international expansion of its line-up. They just released the documentary SUPERNOVA – THE MUSIC FESTIVAL MASSACRE internationally and the co-production IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT with Cyprus Avenue Films, Abbout Productions and HiddenLight Productions is the Irish entry in the race for the Academy®Awards. gebrueder beetz filmproduktion is a Leonine company.
Logline ETERNAL YOU
Startups are using AI to create avatars that allow relatives to talk with their loved ones after they have died. An exploration of a profound human desire and the consequences of turning the dream of immortality into a product.
Quote from Hans Block und Moritz Riesewieck, directors:
"People are turning away from religions and longing for new, secular narratives of salvation against the mercilessness of death. Tech companies are stepping into this gap and involving mourners in a real-time experiment. With our film, we want to open a debate about how far AI should penetrate all our lives – before and after death."
Quote from Christian Beetz, producer, author and CEO of gebrueder beetz filmproduktion
"I would like to thank the great, dedicated team behind our filmmakers Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck. After our first great success with THE CLEANERS (Sundance 2018) we are delighted to be back in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and look forward to continuing to compete in the international market."
Quote from Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Producer:
"When Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck introduced the topic to us years ago, AI was still a dream of the future. The film comes at exactly the right time and raises important questions. ETERNAL YOU brings to life the role AI can play – and will probably soon play – in our most private and intimate moments."
ETERNAL YOU was produced by gebrueder beetz filmproduktion in co-production with WDR (editor Christiane Hinz), NDR, BR, SWR, rbb, SRF | SRG SSR, VPRO and Docmine, in collaboration with ARTE, ORF, NRK, Impact Partners (USA) and Motto Pictures (USA) with the support of Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and Creative Europe.
The Sundance Film Festival is the most important North American festival for independent films and has brought groundbreaking films such as Boyhood, Reservoir Dogs, Little Miss Sunshine, An Inconvenient Truth and Beasts of the Southern Wild to an international audience. It is organized by the Sundance Institute, which Robert Redford founded in 1981.
Hans Block is a documentary film and theatre director, author, and musician. Born in Berlin in 1985, he studied directing at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin from 2010.
Moritz Riesewieck is a documentary film and theatre director and author. Born in 1985 in Herdecke, he first studied economics and then directing at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin.
Their debut film "The Cleaners" about the shadow industry of digital censorship in Manila celebrated its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and has since been shown at more than 70 international film festivals and in cinemas as well as on television around the world. It was nominated for an Emmy and the German Television Award and received numerous international awards, including the Prix Europa for the best European TV documentary in 2018 and the Grimme Audience Award in 2019. Their TED Talk on freedom of expression on the internet reached an audience of millions. In 2020, their essay "Die digitale Seele – Vom Ende der Endlichkeit" was published by Goldmann Verlag.
Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck are part of the Laokoon group. In their work, Laokoon combines investigative research with various forms of artistic expression. This results in essays, documentary films, theatre productions, lectures and radio plays that always focus on the question of how our idea of humans and society is changing in the digital age.
Credits
Directors: Hans Block & Moritz Riesewieck
Producers: Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Executive Producers: Kathrin Isberner, Anna Godas, Oli Harbottle, Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman, Jenny Raskin, Kelsey Koenig
Co-Producer: Patrick Müller
Editors: Anne Jünemann, Lisa Zoe Geretschläger
Directors of Photography: Tom Bergmann, Konrad Waldmann
Music: Gregor Keienburg & Raffael Seyfried
Sound Design: Jonathan Schorr
Dialogue Editor: Robert Keilbar
Re-Recording Mixer: Tobias Fleig
Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion Berlin GmbH & Co. KG • Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin • Amtsgericht Charlottenburg • HRA 41032B • Geschäftsführer: Reinhardt Beetz, Christian Beetz • Persönlich haftende Gesellschafterin: Gebrüder Beetz Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH • Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin • Amtsgericht Charlottenburg • HRB 244128B