Near and Elsewhere (2019)

Facing the current societal, economic and cultural challenges, where can we look for visions for the future, hopes, or even utopias? How can we redefine our future? The directors Sue-Alice Okukubo and Eduard Zorzenoni went on the search. They did interviews with six extraordinary experts. Belarus Nobel prize winner in literature Svetlana Alexievich, German cultural scientist Joseph Vogl, Italian sociologist Elena Esposito, US-Belarus journalist on digital technologies Evgeny Morozov, German futurist Matthias Horx, Austrian exceptional athlete and runner Andrea Mayr, German Mars scientist Christiane Heinicke . And they tell the story of three protagonists, which stranded at a strange, utopian place. They are all facing the challenge to find a new path of life. Together with the experts they design provocative, critical and confident visions for the future. But will they have the courage to move on?