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XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
Filmmakers aim their cameras at society, this time to explore and expose how our uncontrolled obsession with images has grown so great as to change human behavior. This provocative and enjoyable film follows the rise of image culture, from the camera obscura to the first viral video, narrating how we went from recording a backyard to a billion-euro content industry in just 200 years, where we are ruled over by images, but struggle with and revel in their power. What does it mean to get barraged by billions of images, all vying for our attention? (IG)
Festivals
2023 - Sundance - World Cinema Documentary - Special Jury Award: Creative Vision
2023 - Berlinale - Generation 14+
Director biography
Maximilien Van Aertryck
Filmmakers Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck have collaborated since 2013 under the banner of the Swedish production company Plattform Produktion. Their award-winning short films have premiered at Berlinale, Cannes, Toronto, Hot Docs, Aspen, and Sundance. In “Ten Meter Tower” the two filmmakers asked people to climb up to the top of a diving tower and decide whether to jump or climb back down. They wanted to see how humans look and behave when faced with such a dilemma. “Ten Meter Tower” won over 30 international prizes, was shortlisted for a 2017 Academy Award, and nominated for an Emmy Award. “Ten Meter Tower” along with their most recent short, “Jobs For All!” can be seen on The New York Times' Op-Docs website.
Axel Danielson
Filmmakers Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck have collaborated since 2013 under the banner of the Swedish production company Plattform Produktion. Their award-winning short films have premiered at Berlinale, Cannes, Toronto, Hot Docs, Aspen, and Sundance. In “Ten Meter Tower” the two filmmakers asked people to climb up to the top of a diving tower and decide whether to jump or climb back down. They wanted to see how humans look and behave when faced with such a dilemma. “Ten Meter Tower” won over 30 international prizes, was shortlisted for a 2017 Academy Award, and nominated for an Emmy Award. “Ten Meter Tower” along with their most recent short, “Jobs For All!” can be seen on The New York Times' Op-Docs website.
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Finished
Sessions
May
Saturday 06
21:00 h
CINETECA - Plató
Credits
Language
Swedish, English, French, German, Arabic - Subtitles in spanish
Director
Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson
Production
Axel Danielson
Sound
Anne Gry Kristiansen
Editing
Axel Danielson
Cinematography
Axel Danielson
Contact
festivals@heretic.gr