Hyperland
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Science-Fiction // 2021 // 109 Min
Mario Sixtus tells of a future in which social media has completely taken over. The actions of every individual are seen by the public and fed into a rating system, and those who win the favour of the masses are rewarded with privileges. Sixtus, however, shares the other, more-fascinating side with us: those who crash and burn within this system, the failures living outside the social masses. At the same time, in Hyperland he confronts topics that go hand in hand with the digitalised world: fake news, fake facts, hate campaigns on the internet. Here, everything is set in motion by a rape for which the perpetrator shifts the blame onto the victim. The science fiction then turns into a thriller, because Cee, the main character, is willing to defend herself with criminal energy if necessary.
Hyperland, a TV movie produced for the ZDF series Dystopias, shoulders several popular science fiction themes. The film tells of a life "in the stream", which means that all people have two probes on their heads that connect them onlinewith the rest of the world. Privacy is a thing of the past, as is the mobile phone as a means of communication. What you experience is now available to the public directly from the brain – you can even project it onto the walls of a house as you pass by.
Mario Sixtus tells of a future in which social media has completely taken over. The actions of every individual are seen by the public and fed into a rating system, and those who win the favour of the masses are rewarded with privileges. Sixtus, however, shares the other, more-fascinating side with us: those who crash and burn within this system, the failures living outside the social masses. At the same time, in Hyperland he confronts topics that go hand in hand with the digitalised world: fake news, fake facts, hate campaigns on the internet. Here, everything is set in motion by a rape for which the perpetrator shifts the blame onto the victim. The science fiction then turns into a thriller, because Cee, the main character, is willing to defend herself with criminal energy if necessary.
Hyperland, a TV movie produced for the ZDF series Dystopias, shoulders several popular science fiction themes. The film tells of a life "in the stream", which means that all people have two probes on their heads that connect them onlinewith the rest of the world. Privacy is a thing of the past, as is the mobile phone as a means of communication. What you experience is now available to the public directly from the brain – you can even project it onto the walls of a house as you pass by.
Director: Mario Sixtus
Cast: Gerti Drassl, Lorna Ishema, Maximilian Pekrul, Reza Brojerdi, Samuel Schneider
Production: Marcelo Busse Filmproduktion (DE)