The Archivists (2020)
- Directed by
- Igor Drljaca
- Genre
- science fiction film, musical film, dystopian film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 14 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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
In a dystopian future where old art is banned, three traveling musicians find a hidden room with a vinyl record and a phonograph. They listen to a song and decide to perform it themselves.
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What happens
The Archivists is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, directed by Igor Drljaca. Set in a dystopian future in which all art from the past has been banned, the film centres on William (Noah Reid), Serena (Bahia Watson) and Samuel (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos), an itinerant trio of musicians who happen on a secret room whose contents include an old vinyl record and a phonograph, and are inspired to perform a rendition of one of the album's songs after listening to it. The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. It was subsequently named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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