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Program

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MO 15
June 26
20:00h
Film & Talk STRAZEcinema STRAZEsaalFilmclub Casablanca

Das Gewicht der Welt (STRAZEcinema + Talk)

A new generation of scientists is experiencing how climate change is throwing their research into disarray.
Documentary / Germany 2025 / Director: Florian Heinzen-Ziob / 95 min. / Original version (primarily in German; otherwise closed captioned)

Science is supposed to be objective: facts over feelings. But a new generation of scientists is seeing their research thrown into disarray by climate change. Instead of discovering the wonders of nature, Maria, a glaciologist, Sebastian, a professor of physical chemistry, and Nana, a molecular biologist, have become chroniclers of a world in decline. But no one is listening to them. What can they do? Instead of retreating in frustration to the ivory tower of their research, Maria, Sebastian, and Nana leave the lab and become activists, for they carry the weight of the world on their shoulders.

“Das Gewicht der Welt” is more than a climate documentary—it is a deeply human portrait of three scientists who realize that their research alone is no longer enough. In times of increasing climate disasters, political paralysis, and social division, the film offers an emotional approach to one of the central questions of our time: What does it mean to take responsibility?

Following the screening, we invite you to a discussion with Nana-Maria Grüning.

Doors open: 7.30 pm
Start: 8 pm
Admission: €5

The film will be shown in the original German version. Some segments are in English with German subtitles.


Mondays is movie night at STRAZE.

This movie poster for “The Weight of the World” combines different visual layers to convey a sense of scientific inquiry and ecological threat. In the upper section, we see a collage of three scenes: on the left, a person in warm winter clothing is intently examining something, suggesting fieldwork. In the center is a person in a white protective suit wearing a striking orange-and-gray respirator mask, suggesting dangerous or contaminated environments. On the right in the background, a man stands in front of a blackboard covered with mathematical or physical formulas, emphasizing the scientific or theoretical basis of the subject. These upper elements are set against a light blue sky. The lower part of the poster shows a bleak landscape, likely a barren forest with many dead trees, through which a dark cloud of smoke rises from a source on the ground, possibly a train or an industrial plant. The title “THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD” appears in large white letters above this scene. The overall composition suggests a documentary film that addresses serious environmental problems, their scientific analysis, and the human efforts involved. (filmposter-archiv.de)

(c) mindjazz pictures

Trailer; youtube: mindjazzpictures

This movie poster for “The Weight of the World” combines different visual layers to convey a sense of scientific inquiry and ecological threat. In the upper section, we see a collage of three scenes: on the left, a person in warm winter clothing is intently examining something, suggesting fieldwork. In the center is a person in a white protective suit wearing a striking orange-and-gray respirator mask, suggesting dangerous or contaminated environments. On the right in the background, a man stands in front of a blackboard covered with mathematical or physical formulas, emphasizing the scientific or theoretical basis of the subject. These upper elements are set against a light blue sky. The lower part of the poster shows a bleak landscape, likely a barren forest with many dead trees, through which a dark cloud of smoke rises from a source on the ground, possibly a train or an industrial plant. The title “THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD” appears in large white letters above this scene. The overall composition suggests a documentary film that addresses serious environmental problems, their scientific analysis, and the human efforts involved. (filmposter-archiv.de)

(c) mindjazz pictures

Trailer; youtube: mindjazzpictures

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