Horizons / About a Hero / Denmark, USA 2024
There are many films about artificial intelligence, but only a few in which AI, besides being the film’s subject, is the screenwriter as well. Polish director Piotr Winiewicz trained AI on the films of Werner Herzog, who once said, “A computer will not create a film as good as mine in 4,500 years.” The result? A truly unique foray into an unpredictable space, with “Herzog” investigating the mysterious death of a factory worker while another character forms an intimate relationship with a toaster. A hilariously subversive reflection on authorship and the limits of human expression in an age of algorithms, featuring interviews with various artists, philosophers, and scientists.
Vojtěch Kočárník
84 min / Color, DCP
Director Piotr Winiewicz
/ Screenplay Kaspar (AI), Anna Juul, Piotr Winiewicz
/ Dir. of Photography Emil Aagaard
/ Sound Catrine Le Dous, Peter Seeba, Peter Storm Wich, Jakob Strandgaard
/ Editor Michael Aaglund, Julius Krebs Damsbo
/ Art Director Meike Lutge-Kalberlah
/ Producer Rikke Tambo
/ Production Tambo Film
/ Coproduction Cineteam Hannover, Yo Prods., Cat Flap Media
/ Cast Imme Beccard, Steffen Boye, Thomas Ebert, Vicky Krieps
/ Sales Film Constellation Ltd.
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Piotr Winiewicz. Filmography: William Quail's Pyramid (2023, short), About a Hero (2024).
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