Swatted

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Making Believe Shorts Program
Innis Town Hall Sun, Apr 28, 2019 3:00 PM
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Is our perception of reality tethered to truth or lies? In a world marked by rising rates of mental illness and swayed by the expanding influence of internet trolls, fake news and sensational crime reporting, our instincts may be shifting from honesty to gullibility.
Making Believe Shorts Program
Scotiabank Theatre 8 Mon, Apr 29, 2019 3:45 PM
CC
Is our perception of reality tethered to truth or lies? In a world marked by rising rates of mental illness and swayed by the expanding influence of internet trolls, fake news and sensational crime reporting, our instincts may be shifting from honesty to gullibility.
Film Info
Runtime:21
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:France
Premiere Status:Toronto Premiere
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:English
Program Category:Shorts
Website:http://www.facebook.com/SwattedTheMovie
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Producer(s):Natalia Trebik
Editor(s):Maël Delorme
Céline Perreard
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Writer(s):Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Cinematography:Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Composer:Disasterpeace
Sound:Alban Cayrol

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Online gamers share their terrifying experiences with "swatting," a cyber-harassment phenomenon involving fake 911 calls that result in real—and sometimes fatal—SWAT team takedowns. Blending YouTube clips of actual incidents, wireframe animation and performance, Swatted is a meta-tation on the internet in oxymorons: as transparent mess of crossed lines, as web of connection and concoction, as virtual reality. Angie Driscoll