As techno-feudalists endlessly manufacture new illusions, their ambitions extend far beyond digital integration, reaching into the fabric of our communities, the landscapes of our dreams, and the living world itself. Yet amid the quagmire of culture, technology, and capital, a yearning for human connection and the possibility of release endures.
This short film program includes the following films:
Opera Kistch
C. Ricardo, Lobo Mauro, Brazil (16 min)
In a world of digital and political slop-proliferation, do we still know the grotesque when we see it?
Like Moths to Light
Gala Hernández López, Spain/Italy/France (27 min)
Investigating the sacred space of dreams, a tech startup poses a provocative yet plausible future of neurocapitalism.
Display Nature
Nicolas Gebbe, Germany (9 min)
Reflecting on commodification, self-perception, and the absurd, an urgent tension between nature and tech evolves.
Oh Be a Fine Girls Kiss Me
Alice dos Reis, Portugal (8 min)
A 19th century nun recounts her celestial work as a human computer, mapping the sky and reincarnating as a 1990s coder.
Typhoon Mambo
Domenico Singha Pedroli, Thailand/Switzerland/France (24 min)
Continuing to interact with her departed husband via a chatbot, Rusmee clings tight to her memories.
The Blessing
Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, France/Switzerland (24 min)
Barricaded in an after-hours pub, the music must never stop, otherwise something terrible could happen.
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MODES 1
Archive and the land reveal other ways of seeing, ensuring that what is meant to endure cannot be erased.
MODES 2
At the intersection of culture, technology, and capital, a yearning for human connection and the possibility of release endures.
MODES 3
Interior worlds reveal wisdom, intuitive connections, the esoteric, and death. Or is it liberation? A bid to commune with the feminine, other realms, and ghosts.