An annual highlight of the FILM WITHOUT BORDERS festival is the traditional talk on the festival Sunday, which has been hosted by Gero von Boehm for many years. Against the backdrop of the respective festival motto, von Boehm discusses questions on a socially relevant topic with high-profile guests. This year's guest is the neuroscientist Prof. Dr. Joachim Bauer. Together with him, Gero von Boehm will explore the state of our empathy and examine the neurobiological foundations upon which our capacity for empathy is based. To what extent is the digital transformation changing our ways of communicating? How do chatbots, humanoid robots, and other digital products address our neural networks and our psyche—and how do they manipulate our capacity for empathy? The talk (Sep. 15, 3:00 PM) offers an in-depth exploration of a topic that is of central importance for understanding our current and future social dynamics.