Kinderfilm
Austria / Fiction / 11’35’' / HD / Color / 2023
It's an ordinary day in the game Grand Theft Auto V: The streets are crowded with cars; people follow their routines, barbecue in their gardens or sunbath on the beach. And yet the game world is marked by a grave absence: a missing future that was suspended out of safety concerns. Unable to name the void, protagonist Edgar follows the traces of what is missing in the algorithm of his reality. Exploring the uncanniness of his normality, he rediscovers a beautiful yet nightmarish world.
Director: Total Refusal / Adrian Jonas Haim, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf
Script: Adrian Jonas Haim, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf
Director of Photography: Adrian Jonas Haim & Robin Klengel
Producer: Total Refusal
Music: Adrian Jonas Haim
Editing: Adrian Jonas Haim, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf, Jona Kleinlein
Sound: Bernhard Zorzi
CV
The artist, researcher and filmmaker collective and pseudo-marxist media guerrilla Total Refusal appropriates contemporary video games and writes about games and politics. They upcycle the resources of mainstream video games, creating political narrations in the form of videos, interventions, live performances, lectures and workshops. Since its foundation in 2018, their work has been awarded with more than 50 awards and honorary mentions - like the European Film Award or the Best Short Direction Award at the Locarno Film Festival.
Filmography
Kinderfilm 2023
Hardly Working 2022
Deconstructing the Bridge 2022
Everyday Daylight 2021
How to Disappear 2020
Operation Jane Walk 2018
Festivals Attended & Awards
Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland, August 2023)
L'Étrange Festival (France, September 2023)
Black Canvas (Mexico, September 2023)
Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma (Canada, October 2023)
Viennale (Austria, October 2023)
Zinebi (Spain, November 2023)
Beijing International Short Film Festival (China, December 2023)
Margenes IFF 2023 (Spain, December 2023)
London Short Film Festival (United Kingdom, January 2024)
Vilnius Internation Film Festival Kino Pavasaris (Lithuania, March 2024)
Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival (Belgium, March 2024)
Pragueshorts Film Festival (Czech Republic, March 2024)
Glasgow Short Film Festival (United Kingdom, March 2024)