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The Cloud Factory

Hannes Lang // Germany // 2025 // 31:22 min

Documentary

Producer: Mareike Wegener

Language: German // Subtitles: English

“The Cloud Factory” is an cinematic exploration of the sky above the Rhenish coal mining region, where emission-enriched air masses ascend into the atmosphere to transform the climate. What can these human-made clouds tell us about our future? And what kind of castles can we build in this air?

Topics:

#Environment #Society #Country Life #Nature #everyday life

Cast & Crew:

Cast

Uschi Quirini, Katja Kaufmann, Detlef Wingrich, Frank Meller, Fabio Quirini, Anika Friedrichsmeier

Stab

Director: Hannes Lang

Writers: Mareike Wegener / Hannes Lang

Cinematography: Felix Rier / Hannes Lang

Sound & Mixing: Peter Rösner

Sound Design: Peter Rösner / Isobel Cope

Editing: Hannes Lang

Color Grading: Tobias Wiedmer

Producers: Hannes Lang / Mareike Wegener

Commissioning Editor: ZDF/ Arte Kathrin Brinkmann

Bio Regie

Hannes Lang

Hannes Lang was born and raised in the Italian Alps. After a two-year training as a carpenter, Lang received a technical diploma as a draftsman. He worked as a film production assistant in South Tyrol until enrolling at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne in 2004, where he studied audio-visual media prioritizing in the field of artistic documentary filmmaking. His thesis film, the [...]

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