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Ideas BOFA
LO AND BEHOLD:
REVERIES OF THE
CONNECTED WORLD
USA / DOCUMENTARY / 2016
THE ISLANDS
AND THE WHALES
UK-DENMARK / DOCUMENTARY / 2016
+ SHORT FILM : BEFORE IT FALLS + SHORT FILM : THE ERN MALLEY AFFAIR
DIRECTOR: MIKE DAY DIRECTOR: WERNER HERZOG
“”“” Movie Nation
A visually stunning, aurally impressive The cinema’s most curious filmmaker is
technical marvel. the right guy to ponder the wonders of Ion Cinema the Internet Age, and its perils..
MIKE DAY – EMERGING INTERNATIONAL “ FILMMAKER AWARD – HOT DOCS FESTIVAL
For those looking for a ride through our modern technological world, or
In their remote home in the North Atlantic the Faroe Islanders have always eaten what nature could provide. The land yields little, so hunting whales and seabirds has kept them alive, and given them a way of life they love. But today they face a grave threat to this tradition
- not only the controversy surrounding whaling but the whales themselves. Their beloved whales are toxic, contaminated by the outside world. What once
secured their survival now endangers their children and they must make a choice between health and tradition.
A brave, revealing and morally uneasy exploration of a largely unknown and fascinating country.
SATURDAY 12.00 - 1.45PM ANNEXE
review of what is to come,
indeed a p”
this is it.
Guardian
During his remarkable 40-year career, Werner Herzog has made some of world cinema’s boldest films. In Lo and Behold, he focuses on the internet, pointing out that if all the data transmitted online
for only one day was burned on to CDs, the pile would stretch to Mars and back. Society depends on the Internet for nearly everything but rarely do we step back and recognize its endless intricacies and unsettling omnipotence. Werner Herzog explores – in a playful yet chilling examination - our rapidly interconnecting online lives, and speculates on our future as the internet changes the world in as yet unimaginable ways.
SATURDAY 2.20 - 4.10PM QVMAG
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