“It takes a certain degree of freedom to become a whistleblower.” (John Doe)
Whistleblower is a deep dive into a world where extreme caution is essential for survival. Three courageous individuals in Africa, Europe, and the US put their lives, careers, and families at risk to reveal information that is being kept secret from us purely for the sake of power.
Over two years, the film follows the hunters and the hunted, revealing for the first time the universal dimensions of whistleblowing that go beyond a single disclosure. They are protected by dedicated professionals who travel tirelessly around the world to mediate between the interests of journalists and the needs of whistleblowers. And they are hunted by lobbyists, governments, and their secret services, who wage a veritable war against whistleblowers to intimidate and delegitimize them. A film about trust, courage, and moral courage.
With Jean-Jacques Lumumba, the great-nephew of Congolese freedom fighter Patrice Lumumba, who is himself being intimidated and threatened while in exile in France. With NSA intelligence analyst Daniel Hale, who faces 10 years in prison under the Trump administration for allegedly leaking secrets. With Delphine Halgand-Mishra and her organization The Signals Network, which supports whistleblowers. With Holden Triplett, former head of counterintelligence at the White House. And with the two journalists behind the Panama Papers, who have been contacted by new whistleblowers with explosive revelations.
Marc was born in Stuttgart in 1974, and studied business in Cologne, St. Gallen and New York. He began working as a director during his studies, and founded the production company bauderfilm in 1999. After embarking on a degree in production from HFF Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg in 2001, he broke off his studies after three semesters in order to concentrate on directing full-time. In 2011, he debuted his award-winning feature film The System. In 2014 Marc won the European Film Prize with his documentary Master of the Universe and developed the Lichtgrenze for the 25th anniversary of the fall on the Berlin wall together with his brother Christopher. In 2017 Marc won the Grimme Prize for his fiction film Dead Man Working.
Marc is a member of the European Film Academy and the German Film Academy.
Whistleblower (2026), Master Of The Universe (2013), The System (2011), After The Revolution (2010), The Top-Manager (2007), Last To Know (2006), The Communist (2006), Grow Or Go (2003), No Lost Time (2000)
