Director: Mario Sixtus
2021, colour, 109 minutes
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.
Mario Sixtus lives in Berlin and in Hong Kong. He works as a filmmaker, writer and journalist. The main focus of his work lies on the social and political changes caused by technology.
For age group 18 years and above.
Friday Films are the monthly screenings of German films at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata. One film is screened every third Friday of the Month from 6.30 pm in the audirtorium of the Goethe-Institut. All films are in German language with English subtitles.
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