Self-Portrait
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film is made entirely from surveillance camera footage gathered from around the world. It shows scenes from one year passing through different seasons.
observationalquietmeditativeslow-pacedexperimentalatmosphericcontemplativeminimalist
What happens
Self-Portrait is a 2022 Canadian documentary film made from unlocked surveillance footage collected from around the world. Directed and edited by Joële Walinga, the film is a curated collection of 166 shots taken from surveillance cameras, and follows the seasons of one single year. The film was made with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and shown with the support of Telefilm Canada. All sound in the picture was created from scratch using foley and freesound downloads, and was designed by Walinga and Portuguese sound designer, Ines Adriana. Self-Portrait had its world premiere at the 2022 South by Southwest film festival, won the Special Jury Prize for National Features at the Montreal International Documentary Film Festival in 2022, and was released on Mubi in the US and Canada on March 20, 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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