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by Max Viktor Herbert
  • 2022 Filmwerk Kalliope e.V.
  • 2022 Filmwerk Kalliope e.V.
  • 2022 Filmwerk Kalliope e.V.

    Synopsis

    How does the depiction of war change in times of Smartphones and the internet? This documentary uses only YouTube material filmed by soldiers, journalists, civilians or war zone tourists to portray the absurd global theater of war and its depiction through GoPro cameras, TV and VLOGs. A study of modern war aesthetics, the promotion of romanticizing and glorification of war.

    Festivals

    2022
    Festival Audiovisual Comunicurtas Brazil
    Near Nazareth Film Festival Israel
    Visioni dal Mondo, Milano,
    Terraviva Film Festival, Bologna
    HotDocs Recommended – Doc Shop, Canada

    2023
    SpinOff Student Doc Festival, Rome