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DEUS EX MACCHINA
by Donald Houwer

Germany 2016 14 min original version with English subtitles fiction

World premiere

Script: Giovanna Winterfeldt, DoP: Sebastian Fremder, Editor: Nicole Undritz, Production: German Film and Television Academy Berlin, Producer: Anna-Lena Theobald, Cast: Reinhardt-Wolfgang Zarnack, Georg Kammerer, Moritz Jahn, Isabel Schosnig, Tijan Marie Fischer-Islas, Hannelore Hinze

A public servant from the department for start-ups faces off with the inventor of an app that could make the world a better place.

Biography: Donald Houwer was born in 1978, raised in Munich, studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin and is the father of one child and CEO of Green Me GmbH.

Filmography (selection): 2004 DER ABSTAUBER, 2005 HOMELAND SECURITY, 2006 DER KUSS, 2007 AUS DER HAUT, 2016 DEUS EX MACCHINA

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