The Great Void

by Sebastian Mez
  • 2021 Amerikafilm GmbH
  • 2021 Amerikafilm GmbH
  • 2021 Amerikafilm GmbH

    Synopsis

    On a mysterious crackling magnetic tape, a 'viewer' discovers shaky, low-definition images, which seem to have been shot during a moon landing. It is as if we had just landed on another planet, the deserted landscapes of which, seem nonetheless familiar to us and encircled by a worrying strangeness. Traces of the past remain: rusty machines, pylons, human artefacts that multiply as the cameraman approaches what were towns, now plunged into absolute and silent desolation. Composing a series of magnificently framed scenes, emptied of all living presence, the film observes without blinking the agony of our civilisation. No more, no less.

    Festivals

    2021
    Burning Lights Competition, Special Mention – Vision du Réel, Nyon
    New Holland Island International Filmfestival, St. Peterburg
    Moscow International Experimental Film Festival