Time Thieves

Name: Time Thieves
Director: Cosima Dannoritzer
Released: 2018

Cosima Dannoritzer 2018

Who hasn’t faced printing their own boarding pass, assembling tricky furniture, or struggling with automated checkouts? This documentary travels the globe to explore how time became a financial commodity and how companies profit by shifting tasks to consumers. It delves into how the clock governs our work and personal lives and asks who should pay for all this extra labor. Ultimately, it’s a call to reclaim control over our most precious, finite resource—time.

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Running Time:

85 min.

Spoken Languages:

English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Cosima Dannoritzer

Producers:

Carles Brugueras, Christian Popp, Marieke van den Bersselaar

Cinematographers:

Nina Bernfeld

Editors:

Guillermo Cobo, Georgia Wyss

Production Companies:

Polar Star Films, YUZU Productions

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