Short film · 2020
Algoritmo
Algorithm
Science-fiction short · 20 min
In a totalitarian future, an algorithm watches the digital life of an 18-year-old student.
- 4 awards at Cine PE
- 2 awards at Guarnicê
- Candango at the Brasília Film Festival
Synopsis
The totalitarian government of a dystopian future controls the flow of information, and people begin to disappear. The Algorithm can investigate citizens' digital lives, steal their data and flag potentially subversive individuals. Nicole, an 18-year-old veterinary student, becomes its target.
The universe is being developed as a series and was selected for the Die Seriale pitch in Germany in 2021.
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Credits
- Writer and director
- Thiago Foresti
- Executive producer
- Amanda Fernandes
- Production design
- William Jungmann
- Editing and post-production
- Daniel Sena
- Sound
- Micael Guimarães and Ipê Amarelo Filmes
- Original music
- Sascha Kratzer and Rafael Maklon
- Cast
- Agda Couto, Gui Clevitta, Pablo Magalhães, Humberto Pedrancini, Pirita Regueira
- Co-production
- Astrals Music
Awards
- 53rd Brasília Film Festival, Brasília Showcase, 2020: best production design and editing (William Jungmann and Daniel Sena)
- 25th Cine PE, 2021: best actress (Agda Couto), best editing (Daniel Sena), best sound editing (Micael Guimarães and Ipê Amarelo Filmes) and best screenplay
- 44th Guarnicê Film Festival, 2021: best director and best sound design (Micael Guimarães, Ipê Amarelo Filmes and Rafael Maklon)
- 12th Cinefantasy, 2021: best science-fiction short
Selections
- Brasília Film Festival, 2020
- Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, 2020: in competition for the Coral Award for best poster
- Bahamas International Film Festival, 2021 (invited)
- Sanfic NET, Chile, 2021
- Cine BH, 2021
- Boca do Inferno Festival, 2021
- Die Seriale pitch, Germany, 2021 (series version)
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