After the Future
AFTER THE FUTURE is an exposé about the conflicted and complex life of a long term HIV survivor Ortwin Passon. Despite years of struggle with the physical and mental assaults of HIV, he continues to fulfill his need for unrestrained ecstasy. Privately he battles loneliness and grieves for his past lovers, now long dead.
Publicly, Ortwin has a distinguished history of service with the Federal Agency for Technical Relief. For this service he is a twelve time recipient of Public Honours. In 2005 he was awarded the prestigious Federal Cross of Merit for his esteemed work and social engagement. However, he refused this award as an act of conscience against a Government he perceives to be oppressive of his deeply held beliefs with regards to civil liberties.
These feelings of oppression are in direct conflict with Ortwin's unrestrained sexual proclivities. At group sex parties, he's having sex with other men under the influence of hard drugs, without using condoms. To counter Government initiatives to criminalize "barebacking" Ortwin has written a Doctoral Thesis upholding what he sees as a basic human right. As he sees it: it is the right of HIV positive men to have unprotected anal sex.
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André KrummelDirectorThe Buphagus, Viktoriya, The Heart of Stuttgart
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André KrummelWriter
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Raphaela te PassWriter
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Ortwin PassonKey Cast
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Simon PeterSound Design
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Tobias BurkardtScore
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Project Title (Original Language):Nach der Zukunft
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:46 minutes 24 seconds
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Completion Date:May 25, 2017
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Country of Origin:Germany
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Country of Filming:Germany
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Language:German
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes
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DOK LeipzigLeipzig
Germany
October 31, 2017
World Premiere
Honorary Mention - German Competition
After several internships in the german film industry André Krummel travelled the world for a whole year before he worked at Rosa von Praunheim Film as an editor. Since 2013 he is studying “documentary” at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany. The feature length documentary “Berlin Excelsior”, produced by Peter Rommel, is his debut as a cinematographer and co-writer. Alongside film school he works as a cinematographer for documentaries and lives in Berlin.