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Lake of Fire film image, director NEOZOON

Lake of Fire

North American Premiere

Fear of death and interpretations of hell filter through online social bubbles to distill a singular divine message.

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Country of Origin

Germany

Year

2022

Language

English

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11 min

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Producer

NEOZOON

Screenwriter

NEOZOON

Editor

NEOZOON

Director

NEOZOON director shot, Lake of Fire director

NEOZOON

NEOZOON is a female art collective founded in 2009 in Berlin and Paris. The film work is based on the principle of collage and deals with sociological questions of the Anthropocene. The de- and recontextualization of found footage and YouTube material is a recurring element. NEOZOON’s work was exhibited at Centre Pompidou in Paris, at Zentrum für Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe, at Kunst-Werke Berlin, and has been shown at national and international film festivals in Oberhausen, Rotterdam, London, and New York. NEOZOON is a member of the Gallery Climate Coalition and supports the work of Artists4Future.