PRE-CRIME

To predict a future crime scene and to prevent a murder seems like something from a sci-fi movie. It is, but it’s also real – and happening right now. To make this possible, powerful computers and omnipresent cameras capture data from all sources, which is then evaluated and analyzed with the help of algorithms. At the same time, we, the citizens are transformed into carriers of recorded data – our every move, message and purchase tracked and mapped. Ratings of how likely we are to commit a crime are attached to our personae. Computers spit out lists of tomorrow´s criminals. But what if it´s you who ends up on this list? What if the data is wrong? Or biased?? How can we be guilty of things we haven’t done?

PRE-CRIME travels to Chicago, London, Paris, Berlin, Munich and other places to show predictive policing techniques in action, to investigate their opportunities and dangers and to meet people who use them and those who have been victims of them. Who is – and who isn’t – protected by the algorithm?

Monika Hielscher and Matthias Heeder have been making documentary films together for more than 20 years. Their primary focus is on investigative documentaries with strong story-telling; their body of work includes theatrical and TV docs for ARD, ZDF, ARTE and others. They are based in Hamburg, Germany.

Directors
Monika Hielscher & Matthias Heeder

Cinematography
Sebastian Bäumler

Additional Cinematography
Friede Clausz
Konrad Waldmann

Editor
Christoph Senn

Sound
Kai Hesselbarth
Sebastian Löffler
Caspar Müllers
Markus CM Schmidt

Producer
Stefan Kloos

Production Manager
Michaela Pňačeková

Production Crew
Tanja Bandmann (USA)
Maris Salumets (UK)
Jasmina Sijercic (F)

Music
John Gürtler
Jan Miserre
Lars Voges

Sound Editor
Jörg Theil

Sound Design & Re-Recording Mixing
Markus Böhm

Colour Grading
Kay Dombrowski

Production
Kloos & Co. Medien

Commissioning Editor WDR/ARTE
Sabine Rollberg

World Sales
Rise and Shine World Sales

Filmförderungsanstalt
Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Deutscher Filmförderfonds

World Premiere
Hot Docs International Documentary Festival 2017, Toronto, Canada

German Premiere
DOK.fest München Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival 2017, Germany

Further Festivals (Selection)
Millenium Docs Against Gravity Filmfestival 2017, Warsaw, Poland
Bergen International Festival 2017, Norway
Filmfestival Kitzbühel 2017, Austria
Zürich Film Festival 2017, Switzerland
Nuremberg International Human Rights Festival 2017, Germany
Filmfest Hamburg 2017, Germany
Fraud Film Festival, Amsterdam 2017, The Netherlands
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest 2017, Germany
Verzio Film Festival 2017, Budapest, Hungary
InScience Dutch International Science Film Festival 2017, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Beat Film Festival 2017, Moscow, Russia
Margaret Mead Film Festival 2017, New York, USA
Chicago International Film Festival 2017, USA
Visioni dal Mondo, Immagini dalla Realtà 2017, Milan, Italy
Sehpferdchen – Filmfest für die Generationen 2018, Hannover and Braunschweig

Buy DVD here: https://www.riseandshine-shop.de/produkt/pre-crime
Stream online here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/precrime2