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How To Build A Truth Engine

Mar 16, 2024

3:30pm – 5:45pm CT

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Disinformation and conspiracy theories have reached a level unwitnessed since the turmoil of the 1930s. Feature documentary, "How To Build A Truth Engine", portrays a crack-team of investigators from the fields of technology, journalism, folklore and neuroscience who show that if you hack the information feed, you can hack somebody’s mind. Following their personal journeys they take us from the information battlefields into the inner workings of the human brain and show how - through us - a web of lies can change reality.

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Credits

Director:

Friedrich Moser

Executive Producer:

George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Tonmoy Monsoor, Geoffrey Smith, Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman

Producer:

Friedrich Moser, Ivan Williams, Robert Rippberger

Screenwriter:

Friedrich Moser

Cinematographer:

Friedrich Moser

Editor:

Gernot Grassl, Anna Kirst

Sound Designer:

Bernd Dormayer

Music:

Thomas Kathriner, Verena Zeiner, Christoph Stock

Principal Cast:

Susan Benesch, Zahra Aghajan, Vwani Roychowdhury, Itzhak Fried, Tim Tangherlini, Malachy Browne, Haley Willis, Muyi Xiao, Christoph Koettl, Peter Cochrane, Pavan Holur, Michael Nikbakhsh, Fergus Shiel

Additional Credits:

Story Editing: Geoffrey Smith, Jesper Osmund, Sound Engineers: Herbert Verdino, Atanas Tcholakov, Andreas Pils, Nils Kirchhoff, Volker Arndt, Andreas Prescher, Mathias Edelmann, Tong Zhang, Re-recording Mix: Michael Ploederl, Colorist: Jacob Jabornig, Lee Niederkofler, Assistant Director: Christian Tod, Daniel Andrew Wunderer, Animations: Theresa Schlag, Head of Production: Peter Janecek, Production Manager: Alex Wieser, Production Coordinators: Theresa Schlag, Sophia Moser, Linda Pietsch, Coordinating Producer: Natalie Haft

Contact

Distributor:

N/A
fm@friedrichmoser.com

Public Film Contact:

Friedrich Moser
Friedrich Moser Film GmbH
fm@friedrichmoser.com

Publicity Contact:

Julia Pacetti
julia@jmpverdant.com
+1(718)399-0400

Sales Agent:

N/A
None

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2024
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Runtime:
135 mins
Accessibility
Open Captioned
Subtitled
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