Isa Willinger is a documentary flmmaker from Munich. She studied flm at the University of Television and Film Munich and she has an MA in Slavic Studies and American Studies. Isa spent one year in New York City, on a Fulbright scholarship, enrolling in flm and sociology programs at the New School University. In 2010, she started researching the Constructivist buildings, while she lived in Moscow on a scholarship by the DAAD. Isa has been working on topics like gender, social upheavals, human rights, flm theory and embodied flm perception. Michael Ballhaus produced a social spot that she wrote and directed, dealing with energy consumption. She is working as a flm educator for Munich’s documentary flm festival, and she is currently writing a book on the works of Russian-Ukrainian flmmaker Kira Muratova.
The robots are at our doorstep. Scientists as well as tech-visionaries are certain that in a few years robots will be an integral part of our everyday life. But humanoid robots are more than just another gadget. Bearing a resemblance to living creatures in their conduct and looks, they are more like new beings on our planet. We are the…