We live in an age of post-truth, where fake news is no longer an isolated distortion of reality. Not only has it become part of a more complex informational and cultural environment that shapes a new, constructed reality, but it also creates a world in which distinguishing truth from fiction is becoming increasingly difficult — and, most importantly, it is no longer clear whether such a distinction is even possible. The discussion featuring Mark Bauder, Márk Szilágyi, and Vadym Miskyi will focus on how to calibrate one’s personal lens and what to rely on as a tool for making sense of a complex reality in the age of fake news.

Speakers: 
Vadym Miskyi, Marc Bauder, Márk Szilágyi

Moderator:
Anastasia Platonova

Anastasiia Platonova is an independent cultural critic, editor, and cultural analyst. She has worked in journalism and cultural criticism for more than twenty years and is the former Culture Editor at Forbes. She writes about culture for leading Ukrainian and international publications. Her areas of expertise include contemporary visual culture, heritage, cultural policy, and memory studies. She is the co-editor of the book We Who Have Changed (Ist Publishing, 2024) and a professor at the Kyiv School of Economics.

Vadym Miskyi is a media expert specializing in countering disinformation and media literacy. He is the Programme Director of NGO Detector Media, where he develops media literacy projects, researches societal information resilience, and works on countering Russian disinformation. Since 2015, he has served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Ukraine’s Suspilne Broadcasting, contributing to the development of an independent public broadcaster and media reforms in Ukraine. He is a co-author of books on public broadcasting and the history of Ukrainian radio, and has created and hosted media projects focused on countering Russian disinformation during wartime.

Marc Bauder was born in Stuttgart in 1974. He first studied Business Administration in Cologne, St. Gallen, and New York, and later attended the Babelsberg Film University. In 1999, he founded his own production company, bauderfilm GmbH, producing documentaries such as jeder schweigt von etwas anderem (Last to Know – Berlinale 2006). In 2011, he debuted with his award-winning feature film The System. His documentary Master of the Universe won, among others, the European Film Prize and the German Documentary Film Award. Together with his brother, he developed the art installation LICHTGRENZE to mark the 25th anniversary of The Fall of the Berlin Wall in 2014. In 2017, his feature film Dead Man Working won the Grimme Prize. His documentary Who We Were celebrated its world premiere at the BERLINALE 2021 and was awarded the Hessian Film Prize. Marc is a member of the European and German Film Academies.