Solitude in Year Zero
Ijäs Jan
Technology connects us. We can communicate via smart phones over long distances, but sometimes this same technology seems to separate us from the ones physically close to us. Solitude in year zero is an "update film", shot in Mexico with a smart phone.
Production Year
2012
Duration
00:03:06
Tyyppi
Asiasana
communication, families, human relations, landscape, media, messages, Mexico, political art, science, smartphones, technology, telephones, updating, virtual world
Original Title
Solitude in Year Zero
English Title
Solitude in Year Zero
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Jan Ijäs (Author), Jan Ijäs (Cinematographer), Jan Ijäs (Director), Jan Ijäs (Editor), Jan Ijäs (Producer), Jan Ijäs (Script), Svante Colérus (Sound Design)
Jan Ijäs
Born: 1975
Media artist and film director Jan Ijäs (b. 1975) studied documentary film making at the Department of Film, Television and Scenography at the Aalto University in Helsinki. His work can be described as a blend of avant garde, experimental media art and documentary film making. His films have been screened at more than 200 Finnish and international film festivals and as installations in museums and art galleries. He has won numerous awards, including the Finnish Risto Jarva Prize in 2011 for SWEET MOV(I)E, Raft of the Médusa, film about immigration won Amnesty International Award 2018 at the IndieLisboa film festival in Portugal.
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