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THE CLOUD FACTORY

HANNES LANG
DOCUMENTARY
D-2025, 30', 2K, COLOR

“The Cloud Factory” is a cinematic exploration of the skies above the Rhineland lignite mining district, where air masses enriched with emissions rise into the atmosphere and alter the climate. The film reflects on what these human-made clouds may reveal about our future – and whether visions of another, livable world can still take shape within this artificial atmosphere.

The film brings together interview excerpts with residents living in the shadow of the “The Cloud Factory”, probing the fragile balance between identification, belonging, and threat.

BROADCASTS

TV Premiere

Arte "La Lucarne"
Dec 2nd 2025 | 11:50 pm | arte
(Germany and France)



STREAMING

arte.tv (Germany and France, Dec 2nd 2025)

SCREENINGS

past EVENTS

Cork International Film Festival
11.11.2025 | 2 pm | The Arc Cinema
International Shorts 3: Documentary

ECHO

MAREIKE WEGENER
FICTION
D - 2022, 98’, 4K, COLOR

Detective Harder takes on her first case after surviving a bomb attack during a police training mission in Afghanistan. The remains of a girl are discovered in a moor near the small German town of Friedland. But Harder's investigation falters from the outset - not least due to the discovery of a live bomb dating to the Second World War, which throws the Friedlanders and Harder herself into turmoil. 

STREAMING

PETROLIO ON DEMAND

PETROLIO vimeo (available: worldwide except Germany, Austria)

ELSEWHERE

ARD Mediathek (available: Germany, Austria)
Grandfilm vimeo (available: Germany, Austria)

X

MAREIKE WEGENER
DOCU-FICTION
D - 2021, 29', 4K, COLOR

X is a cinematic ritual aimed at appeasing the ancestral spirits of the industrial workforce. The film is inspired by the lives of the filmmaker's father and grandfather, who also play the lead roles.

STREAMING

PETROLIO ON DEMAND

PETROLIO vimeo (available: worldwide)

OECONOMIA

CARMEN LOSMANN
DOCUMENTARY
D - 2020, 89', 2K, COLOR

The episodic documentary OECONOMIA reveals how the rules of the contemporary capitalist game systematically precondition growth, deficits and concentrations of wealth.

STREAMING

PETROLIO ON DEMAND

PETROLIO vimeo (available: various)

ELSEWHERE

3Sat Mediathek (available: Germany / Austria / Switzerland)

Google Play (available: Germany / Austria / Switzerland)

Apple TV  (available: various)

Amazon Prime Video (available: Germany)

PARA:DOX (available: Denmark)

FILMIN (available: Spain)


RIAFN

HANNES LANG
DOCUMENTARY MUSICAL
D / I - 2019, 29’, 4K, COLOR

RIAFN is a cinematic journey into the soundscape of the Alps between artistic ideal and documentarian realism.

STREAMING

PETROLIO on Demand

PETROLIO vimeo (available: worldwide)

ELSEWHERE

Amazon Prime (available: various)

True Story (available: various)

SCREENINGS

UPCOMING EVENTS

I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER

HANNES LANG
DOCUMENTARY
D / I - 2014, 93’, 2K, COLOR

I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER is an episodic documentary which surveys the current shift within the geopolitical power structure in order to unveal the interconnected realities of those who inhabit this planet.

STREAMING

PETROLIO on Demand

PETROLIO vimeo (available: worldwide)

ELSEWHERE

realeys (available: Germany)