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Close up
The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close up" is informative, gripping and visually powerful.
DocFilm
How can we preserve our current flood of knowledge, data and objects for future generations? What is important, and what can go? The better storage options become, the more difficult it is to answer this question.
DocFilm
How can we preserve our current flood of knowledge, data and objects for future generations? What is important, and what can go? The better storage options become, the more difficult it is to answer this question.
Close up
The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close up" is informative, gripping and visually powerful.
Eco India
Can we use industrial waste to build houses? And: Shrines in the Western Ghats use traditional wisdom to help protect wetlands while natural dyes make a comeback in the textile sector.
DocFilm
In the last 60 years, over a million "orphans” have been adopted by Western families. Many of them are now discovering that their past is a lie. International adoptions are at the center of an unprecedented scandal.
Close up
The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close up" is informative, gripping and visually powerful.
DocFilm
Is there an effective alternative to antibiotics? Researchers around the world are focusing on bacteriophages. These "good" viruses infect specific bacteria and destroy them. Do they offer a way out of the antibiotics crisis?
Eco India
Can we use industrial waste to build houses? And: Shrines in the Western Ghats use traditional wisdom to help protect wetlands while natural dyes make a comeback in the textile sector.
DocFilm
In the last 60 years, over a million "orphans” have been adopted by Western families. Many of them are now discovering that their past is a lie. International adoptions are at the center of an unprecedented scandal.
Close up
The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close up" is informative, gripping and visually powerful.
DocFilm
Although they were physically superior to us, Neanderthals did not prevail. What made them different and why did they become extinct? How close or hostile were they to modern man?
DocFilm
In the last 60 years, over a million "orphans” have been adopted by Western families. Many of them are now discovering that their past is a lie. International adoptions are at the center of an unprecedented scandal.
Arts Unveiled
This former industrial metropolis has repeatedly made headlines because of right-wing extremists. Now, Chemnitz wants to reinvent itself by offering culture and hospitality — going from "Karl Marx City" to becoming the European Capital of Culture.
DocFilm
We associate laughter with jokes or humor. Laughter is both contagious and a social behavior: people laugh 30 times more often in company. The documentary shows how neuroscience and psychology have discovered that humor makes us stronger.
Made in Germany
A female hijabi wrestler in Malaysia breaks barriers, robots join the workforce, disability meets opportunity, and German defense startups take off.
Asia 2050
Villagers in northern Pakistan, part of a region called the "Third Pole," are fighting for their future as melting glaciers increase risks of devastating floods.
Eco India
Can we use industrial waste to build houses? And: Shrines in the Western Ghats use traditional wisdom to help protect wetlands while natural dyes make a comeback in the textile sector.

