Free Speech Fear Free

DIRECTORS: Tarquin Ramsay, Jörg Altekruse COUNTRIES: United Kingdom, Germany YEAR: 2016 LANGUAGE(S): English SUBTITLES: German RUNNING TIME: 79 min

SEcTION: Open Eyes 2017

SYNOPSIS

Can we really be fully human without Free Speech? Is free speech the oxygen of our society? Without it we crumble. FREE SPEECH FEAR FREE started as a “dare” when the director was 15 years old after meeting Sri Lankans in North Sri Lanka immediately after the civil war. It gets to the core of what free speech really is, and the impact it has on our day to day lives. It compares the UK with Belarus and shows what life is really like without Free Speech. It tells chilling stories of a dictatorship that destroys people’s standard of living.

TARQUIN RAMSAY
Tarquin Ramsay was only 15 years old when he started working on his documentary Free Speech Fear Free. It is his first film.

FILMOGRAPHY
Free Speech Fear Free (2016)

JÖRG ALTEKRUSE

Jörg Altekruse started his career as a documentary film author, director and TV producer as well as media artist focusing on environmental themes, sustainable technologies and social change. Hehas created and produced numerous films and spots at the nexus of history, culture and science, and has an outstanding record as media adviser and campaign developer for public and private ventures

FILMOGRAPHY
Bill Gates (1995), Bolivars Traum (2016), Free Speech Fear Free (2016)

SCRIPT: Tarquin Ramsay PRODUCERS: Tarquin Ramsay, Susan Benn CAMERA: Niels Ladefoged EDITORS: Emma Vickers, David Naden, Niels Ladefoged, Peter Salmang MUSIC: Peter Salmang

PRODUCTION: Zeitfilm Media GmbH, Fear Free Films WORLD SALES: Paul Thiltges Distributions Sarl GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR: Real Fiction Film

WEBSITE
http://www.freespeechfearfree.com/