Project
UPDATE:
Wow! With your help, we have now raised the initial development funding of 40.000 Euros for our new documentary Corona.film! We want to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported us so far!
Thanks to your overwhelming support in the last few weeks, we got inspired to make this film 100% crowdfunded and raise 400.000 Euros for this aim.
This figure is based on our estimated budget for our documentary trustWHO, which cost 400.000 in total and has been financed through public funding and TV broadcasters. For corona.film, we initially planned to raise the remaining money through public funding and TV partnerships. But in the wake of this situation, it is now clear to us that we have to remain independent in order to make this film. We should not rely on funding by TV-corporations and should push only one goal: understanding what is happening independently of corporate or state influence.
The triangular relationship between politics, science and media seems to be knocked off balance. We want to explore how this imbalance impacts us all.
We’ve already covered our research and initial filming with the money you have helped to raise. But on top of that, we still need funds for equipment rental, hiring local film teams abroad, payment of our staff, and later on things like colour grading, sound mixing or editing. We want to be transparent about how we spend the money on this film. If this is a crowdfunded project, we want to make sure you know exactly how we spend it. For that reason, we will publish our budget estimate for the film on our website to make it accessible to everyone.
This is the link to our new corona.film website:
https://corona.film/
This isn’t the first health-related documentary we are producing. We know what we are doing and we know what we are up against when making a film about sensitive issues. Besides trustWHO, we have also made the documentaries Kids on Pills, The Pill: Atom Bomb of Contraception, Preying on Patients, Virus vs Bacteria – A Way out of the Antibiotics Crisis? or Disgustingly Healthy.
We are qualified to do this. We are ready to do this. In fact, we are already doing it. But we want to and we need to take it further.
Please continue to support us. Together we can make this happen!
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I have been an independent filmmaker for more than 20 years. Our 2017 feature documentary trustWHO examines the conflicts of interest surrounding the World Health Organisation. For instance, we revealed that the panic around 2009 swine flu pandemic has been pushed by corporate interests.
Now, we want to produce a 90 min high-quality documentary about the corona crisis. We think this is the best format to make people reflect and question the status quo. We want to be able to take the time to really understand what is happening regarding the corona crisis and critically question what the driving factors in this crisis are. We want to give a platform for debate and multiple perspectives. It is crucial for us to be calm, rational and focused to investigate. This is why we launch this crowdfunding campaign.
Here’s a link to our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFutW4T9dpZqG...
And here’s the link to our trustWHO documentary:
English:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B079XR...
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/trustwho/id13...
https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Tr...
Deutsch: https://www.journeyman.tv/film/7246?version=27316
https://www.amazon.de/TrustWHO-OV-Lilian-Franck...
Français: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0FWNYJXTLVY5J...
Share your ideas, skills or your story
If you are unable to donate money, please donate your skills. We are always on the lookout for people interested in supporting this project.
We are also open to receive suggestions as to what we should include in the film. We are looking for surprising, new and different insights into the effects of the Corona Crisis.
Please feel free to also send us short personal videos about your life affected by the virus. These can be either filmed with a camera or with your mobile phone.
There is possibility we might share these on our social media channels and/or include them in our feature documentary. Please share your story with us.
