An audio-visual postcard that director Viera Čákanyová sends to the future, based on her fictional conversation with her future virtual copy. She playfully and intimately explores the potential of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence in solving complex man-made global problems such as climate change or the crisis of parliamentary democracy. From a curious and critical perspective, she questions the ideal techno-optimistic model of the future and offers a window into an unspecified future where some technologies behave randomly or negatively. By combining super 8, 16mm footage on film stock, special lidar scan technology and point cloud methods, she highlights the tension between analogue and digital future of humanity.
25 February 2022. War-torn Ukraine. Seventeen-year-old hearing-impaired Olga, along with her father Roman, stepmother Marina and younger brother Sashko, is about to embark on a dangerous journey to the west of the country to escape the advancing Russian forces. However, their house is suddenly occupied by enemy soldiers. The intruders intimidate the family and subject them to s...
Blue-collar Midwesterner Mike Alvarado attempts to save his family from the throes of poverty by investing their savings into speculative cryptocurrencies. However, as his investment strategy decays into a full-blown gambling addiction, he sends his life into a nightmarish anxiety-inducing downward spiral, compromising his relationships with his girlfriend, his developmentally ...
25 February 2022. War-torn Ukraine. Seventeen-year-old hearing-impaired Olga, along with her father Roman, stepmother Marina and younger brother Sashko, is about to embark on a dangerous journey to the west of the country to escape the advancing Russian forces. However, their house is suddenly occupied by enemy soldiers. The intruders intimidate the family and subject them to severe treatment. Amidst this, the conflict between Olga and her stepmother, whom Olga blames for her parents’ divorce, intensifies. Caught between life and death, in a dramatic relationship between hostages and invaders, Olga must put aside all family grudges and use her last strength to try to survive and save her family.
“Lobo Feroz is a loose, revitalised adaptation of Big Bad Wolves. There were many changes that we made when you compare it to the original, given that we added new characters, plot strands and locations, and we introduced and fleshed out new themes teetering between dark comedy and police thriller. The film questions one’s principles, human behaviour and how ambiguous it can be...