From the camera obscura to television and film, all the way to the culture of the selfie and non-stop live streaming, this dynamic cinematic essay takes us on a roller-coaster ride through chilling, frenzied, and variously fabricated images of reality. They can hypnotize, mobilize, and sometimes even suppress our instinct for self-preservation. Why do we succumb to them en masse, and how can we learn to deal with them better? According to the latest documentary by these two award-winning European filmmakers, in the era of the mass spread of mobile phone cameras, our relationship to photography and video has not necessarily reached its decadent end – perhaps it is just going through puberty.
Ondřej Pavlík
85 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
Director Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
/ Screenplay Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
/ Dir. of Photography Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
/ Music Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
/ Sound Anne Gry Kristiansen
/ Editor Mikel Cee Karlson, Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
/ Producer Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
/ Production Plattform Produktion
/ Coproduction Bullitt Film, Film i Väst, Sveriges Television
/ Sales Heretic
/ Distributor Aerofilms
Axel Danielson (1976, Vittskövle, Sweden) and Maximilien Van Aertryck (1989, Paris). Joint filmography: Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet, 2016, doc short), Because the World Never Stops (2016, doc.), Jobs for all! (Arhete at alla!, 2021, doc short), And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine (2023, doc.).
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