How much sleep does a computer need? Now the breakthrough of artificial intelligence is getting closer, the question of whether androids dream arises. 

Perspectives

An invitation to reflect upon the lure of science and technology and our obsession with progress through a series of films and an exhibition.

Curtain Call

Dreaming Androids

IFFR 2018

What exactly is written in the stars? Experimental filmmaker Lurf scoured over a century of cinematic history for depictions of the heavens. Without compromising his criteria, he edited them together chronologically, including their original soundtracks. A visually dizzying trip.

On the cusp of total abstraction, Bokanowski invokes an imaginary journey. An enticing visual trip that makes any questions about its destination redundant.

L'envol

This computer-graphic film summons up a post-human consciousness: the awakening of a robot who, in 2065, wants to become the first Sino-futurist artificial artist. <em>Commissioned for the Jerwood/FVU Awards 2017</em>.

Geomancer

The light bulb had already confused our biorhythms. Surrounded by luminous screens even in the bedroom, the threshold between night and day, dream  and reality is evaporating further.

The Night in All Things

The credit crunch did not really affect island nation Tuvalu, but climate change is bringing it down all too literally now. Yet online it might still have a future.

A categorical accumulation of abstract patterns. Lines, colours and sounds obey an impenetrable logic. A quiet film that dares to be resolutely experimental.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Dreaming Androids

In this combined programme

L'envol

Geomancer

The Night in All Things

Curtain Call

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