Synopsis

The war for our attention has suddenly become an actual war. Information technologies appear not just as mere means for somebody’s ends but as something having their agency, as one of the acting forces rendering possible a horrific event, which is very hard to accept and almost impossible to comprehend. We have no control over it and are doomed to scroll through the newsfeed.

Sasha Svirsky

Sasha Svirsky was born in 1980 in Soviet Runo village, USSR. He graduated in painting. He uses animation as an artist's tool, unlocking the potential for visual experiments and creating philosophical narratives and essays. His films have been presented among others at Berlinale and got numerous awards. He works in collaboration with his partner Nadya Svirskaia. Since 2022 he has been based in Berlin. In 2024 he received the German Short Film Award for the Dull Spots of Greenish Colours as the best animation film.