THE HUMAN SURGE 3 (EL AUGE DEL HUMANO 3), 2023
Argentina, Portugal | DCP, Color, 121’ | Spanish, Chinese
Director: Eduardo Williams
Cast: Bo-Kai Hsu, Meera Nadarasa, Sharika Navamani
Following three groups of friends from Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Peru,The Human Surge 3 presents a speculative utopia. Over time, these people begin to share each other's habitats and dreams, and eventually meet in a collective march. Concerned with problems such as global inequality and environmental disasters, the film also explores alternative ways and new practices of being together. Innovative in its narrative and form, the film is shot with a 360-degree camera, which the director describes as "a machine, a human and an alien". Adapted to cinema, these images raise questions about reality, and invite us into a contemporary and permeable viewer experience that finds counterparts in video games and social media.
This film can be viewed on November 30, 13.00 & December 2, 17.00.
Istanbul Modern Cinema brings a selection of 10 films from the Locarno Film Festival, one of the oldest film festivals in the world, to Istanbul for the first time.