6.6. - 10.6.2012

Social Networks – The Revival of a Utopia

NEW COMMUNITIES

Date: Friday, 27 May 2011, 10 p.m.
Place:Metro Kino

 

Social networks have given the internet’s community-utopia new energy. Already during the production stage, film makers gather an audience within social networks and let these have a share in the creative process. Some film projects are collaboratively produced and financed (for instance via Crowdfunding). In Machinimas the underlying technology of computer games is co-opted for filmic experiments. And the first films that take a humorous look at the popularity of social networks have also been made already. Curated and presented by Dr. Karin Wehn.

Total Length: 70 min

 

FILMS include:

 

 

 

The Coalition of the Willing

UK 2010, 16 min
Director, Production: Knife Party (Simon Robson) | Screenplay: Tim Rayner

 

Avatar

UK 2009, 1 min
Director: Smith & Foulkes (Adam Foulkes, Alan Smith) | Production: Nexus Productions

 

The Snow Witch

UK/Canada 2006, 10 min
Director: Michelle Pettit-Mee | Storyteller: Simon Taylor

 

Campaign Excerpts

USA 2004, 8 min
Director: ILL Clan

 

The World Is Obsessed With Facebook

USA 2011, 2 min
Director: Alex Trimpe | Music: RJD2

 

What Facebook Is For

UK/Spain 2009, 3 min
Director: Mike Booth

 

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