Bikechess (2024)
- Original title
- Велошах
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
A journalist struggles to keep their ethics while facing pressure from a state that uses absurd tactics. The story looks at how far institutions will go to control the narrative.
darkly comictenseabsurdthought-provokingbleaksuspensefulpoliticalslow-burn
What happens
Bikechess is a 2024 Kazakhstani drama film written and directed by Assel Aushakimova. The French-Kazakh-Norwegian co-production had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on 9 June 2024, where the film won Best International Narrative Feature. With dark humour, the film dissects the levels of absurdity that the state will embrace and the constraints journalists face when striving to maintain ethical standards in the face of institutional pressures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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