Heroes of the Future

Director and screenwriter: A. Krug-Metzinger doc. film, 52 Min., Radio Bremen / ARTE 2015

Fifty years from now, how will we look back on the present? How will our descendants judge our actions from afar? The film, Heroes of the Future, takes place in the year 2065 and glances back on our present times. From her virtual library of the future, the singer, Emaline Delapaix, as the Europa, opens up a breath-taking view of our planet and her current inhabitants. Europa casts her glance on financial crises, resource shortages, civil wars and a surge in immigration; the end of the old world order looms before an unprecedented backdrop of immense natural disasters.

Europa also sees, however, young men and women trying to change course: Heroes of the Future, far from an abstract image, focuses on a very concrete future, one on which these young men and women seek to exert their influence. From Carrot Mobs to Repair Cafés to internet campaigns and video art, they protest the excesses of a society focused on growth economics. They fight against poverty, corruption and the disdain for human rights. The resistance of these young activists is intelligent, undogmatic, colourful and creative; their actions quite possibly more democratic and more effective than those of the United Nations.

While cumbersome political debates slowly bring about new laws, these young people have mobilized tens of thousands to exert their influence on international issues, which require urgent attention. Cooperation is the lever by which they politically launch their ideas. With an unusual approach, by m eans of video art, young activists procure an audience for immigrants and refugees – ultimately gaining attention in the Swedish parliament.

In a futuristic setting—accompanied by Europa’s soulful intonations—we experience the contagious optimism and vitality of the Heroes of the Future, or Heroes of the Future. This film emboldens us to close the gaps between the world we live in and a world we would like to inhabit.

Emaline Delapaix as the Europa casts her glance on a Heroine of the Future

Heroes:
Anna Konik, video artist; Warsaw, Berlin Anouk Piazza, „Homo Alternatus“; Paris | Florian Guillaume, „Carrotmob“; Paris | Samantha Pastour, „Répar’Tout“; Paris | Christoph Bautz, „Campact“; Verden | Diane Terodde, fashion designer, Frankfurt | Björn Moschinski, caterer for vegan cuisine; Berlin | Katharina Rimpler, „Halbzeitvegetarier“ Berlin | Samuel Höller, „a tip: tap"; Berlin.

Also featuring:
Prof. Dr. Nico Paech, economist, University of Oldenburg| Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer, FUTURZWEI. Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit | Prof. Dr. Volker Sommer, anthropologist, University College London | Dr. Jürgen Neffe, science writer and author | Ifuz, artist and innovation researcher | Marika Reuterswärd, curator, Malmö Konstmuseum | Joa Ljungsberg, curator, Malmö Konstmuseum | Therese Kellner, curator and producer | modells Elisabeth Gress, Alina Schulzen, Doreen Opoku; Svetlana Krug and others.

Emaline Delapaix as Europa casts her glance on the crises of our present age.

Director and screenwriter:	Anja Krug-Metzinger
camera:	Lür Wangenheim
sound:	Ruth Reeh-Georgi
film editing:	Birgit Hemmerling
music and singing:	Emaline Delapaix
	„Between Breeding Seasons“
	„Hibernate“
	„The Miles“
	„Swallow“
	„Until Next Spring“
	„Perhaps Saskatoon“
	„BC Song“
design:	Sven Peters, Joscha Humann
sounds:	André Feldhaus
speaker:	Sibylle Gollwitzer, Lara Trautmann
	János Kereszti, Yvonne Boese
	Merle Schmidt, Nadine Niemann
	Anja Krug-Metzinger
coach:	Holger Postler
colour matching:	Lucas Keßler
sound mixing:	Walter Johannes
production:	Hannah Lenitzki, Tina Maibach
executive editor:	Mechtild Lehning

XDCAM/ 52 min. / 16:9 / German

„The goal of the civilizing process is the civilization of man himself … the mastery and transformation of his animal core.”

Quotations:
„Mehr als wir sind“ von Jürgen Neffe, C. Bertelsmann Verlag, 2014

Archive:
Nasa

Extracts:
“In the Same City, Under the Same Sky”
“In the Middle of the Way”
by Anna Konik

Special thanks to:
Emaline Delapaix, Karsten Lipp, Lukas Creswell-Rost
Frauenkluft, Frankfurt
Lenastyle, Berlin
Westside Studios Frankfurt
Dieter Fieres Photography
Patrizia Doubek Photography
Malmö Konstmuseum und Moderna Museet Malmö
and
All Heroes of the Future

A production of Bremedia Produktion GmbH On behalf of Radio Bremen In cooperation with ARTE

Recent Award: Alternativer Medienpreis 2015

Laudatio by Malte Burdekat about „Helden der Zukunft“
from Anja Krug-Metzinger

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