For the first time in the 50-year history of the World Economic
Forum, an independent film team was able to shoot behind closed
doors. As the world stands at crossroads, they document the most
powerful people on the planet taking decisions that will affect us
all.
Biography:
Marcus Vetter graduated in Media Studies and Practice at the University of
Tubingen. Since 1994 he has worked as a freelance editor, writer, and
director at SDR in Stuttgart. In 1998 he went to SWR in Baden-Baden,
to work as a freelance documentary filmmaker for culture and society.
Vetter's autobiographical documentary, My Father the Turk, was
awarded the Prix Europa, and his documentary Traders' Dream, a
global report on the phenomenon eBay that was
produced in cooperation with Stefan Tolz, was released in German
cinemas. His feature documentary The Heart of Jenin, a film
about the Palestinian Ismail Khatib, won the German Film Award for
Best Documentary. Upon completion, Vetter founded the Cinema Jenin e.
V., which has the goal to rebuild the cinema Jenin in the West Bank
that has been closed since 1987. Since 2008, Vetter has regularly
been travelling to Jenin in order to promote the project; at the same
time, he made a film about the project,
which was presented in 2012. Contact information:
