Underplayed Gems

Nano Babies (1998)

Nano Babies poster
Directed by
Thomas Imbach
Genre
documentary film
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

The film shows daily life in a daycare at a technical university. It contrasts the children's world with the adult world of their parents who work in high tech fields.

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What happens

Nano Babies is a science fiction essay film by Swiss director Thomas Imbach, which he realised in 1998 together with Jürg Hassler. Nano Babies follows everyday life in a crèche at a technical university. Two future-creating worlds - the worlds of the children and their parents - collide. Nano Babies was produced for Swiss television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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