Contra-Internet: Jubilee 2033
Synopsis
Inspired by Derek Jarman’s 1978 queer punk film 'Jubilee', 'Contra-Internet: Jubilee 2033' follows author Ayn Rand and members of her Collective, including economist Alan Greenspan, on an acid trip in 1955. Guided by an artificial intelligence named Azuma, they are transported to a dystopian future Silicon Valley. As Apple, Facebook, and Google campuses burn, Azuma reveals that Ayn has become a celebrity philosopher to tech executives, as her writings foster their entrepreneurial spirit. Amidst the wreckage, Rand and The Collective are introduced to the internet and observe techies being captured by anti-campus groupies. Once inside an occupied office park, the group encounters Nootropix, a contra-sexual, contra-internet prophet, who lectures on the end of the internet as we know it. Seeking respite, Rand and The Collective find themselves at Silicon Beach, where chunks of polycrystalline silicon mix with sand and ocean.
Official Selection Berlinale 2018 - Forum Expanded
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 29 mins
- Director
- Zach Blas
- Producer
- Ali Roche, Tiffany L. Gray, Tara De Maro, Jaclyn Amor (Extra Credit Studios)
- Editor
- Amy von Harrington
- Screenwriter
- Zach Blas
- Director of Photography
- Alison Kelly
- Production Designer
- Alexah Acuna, Kevin Gallo
- Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor: Tom Sedgwick; Sound Designer and Assistant Sound Editor: Benjamin Hurd; Sound Recording Engineers: Victoria Carrillo, Ada Douglas, Fred Oliveira
- Music
- xin
- Principal Cast
- Susanne Sachsse, Dany Naierman, Lindsay Hicks, Fusako Shiotani, Raquel Gutiérrez, Cassils
- Visual Effects Artists
- Harry Sanderson, Daniel Swan
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 6th February 2018
