Screening #3 – A Gaze into Synthetic Dreams
Silverspot Cinema
Downtown, 300 SE 3rd St #100, Miami, FL 33131
Saturday, November 9th / 6:00 PM
This selection of films goes deep into a collection of thought-provoking stories and high-concept visual experiences; it explores the possible consequences of advanced technology on humanity, identity, and society. A collection of thought-provoking stories from these worlds, the program explores the consequences of advanced technology on humanity, identity, and society.
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Dir. Edith Jorisch – Experimental – 15:45 Min – Canada
For a very special celebration, a host-mother has gathered mothers and their perfect children for a great banquet. Orchestrated by the host-mother, the banquet is suddenly disrupted by strange disturbances. What is hiding behind the scenes of this perfect, ideal world? Mothers and Monsters is a surrealist satire about modern-day maternity and the ideal of the family at a time where capitalism has reached its apex.
Dir. Martin Gerigk – Experimental – 12:30 Min – Germany
An audiovisual composition about the traditional Shinto gates of the same name in Japan. The film symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred as representatives of a personal synaesthetic and spiritual journey through five levels of consciousness, traveling from existentialism to metaphysics, abstraction, and the Shinto deities called Kami.
Dir. Sebastian Macchia – Experimental – 09:30 Min – USA
Set in a future where robots have taken over significant roles in society. Robert, a once-aspiring singer who has settled into a life as an accountant. As robots become increasingly integrated into everyday life, Robert finds himself out of a job, without a girlfriend, and separated from his band. In a bold move to reclaim his passion for music, he disguises himself as ROBORT, a robot singer, and quickly rises to fame.
Dir. Julian J. Delacruz – Narrative – 13:22 Min – USA
Mourning the unexpected loss of his wife, Leo embraces a new technology that promises to bring her back. We discover Leo just before he’s about to receive his “new” wife, Penelope. Not knowing what to expect, Leo discovers what he’s willing to accept in order to cope with the grief.
Dir. Victoria Warmerdam – Narrative – 22:22 Min – Netherlands
After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could she be a robot?