APOCALYPSE BABY -we advertise the end of the world

Dir. Camille Tricaud and Franziska Unger, 2021

Experimental / Fiction – 19min

Synopsis

„Apocalypse Baby, we advertise the end of the world“ is a cynical teleshopping show that uses the fear of climate apocalypse as a reason to convince the audience to consume more and more.

A pop satire about consumerism and climate crises, about global warming and individualism, about hedonism and guilty conscience and about the contradictions inside of us. A reflection about the way we look away and an exposure of cynicism of a capitalistic system. 

 

“A great many of us engage in this kind of climate change denial. We look for a split second and then we look away. Or we look but then turn it into a joke (“more signs of the Apocalypse!”). Which is another way of looking away.”
Naomi Klein (This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, 2014)

 

Screenings and awards

 

 

APOCALYPSE AIRLINES

Dir. Camille Tricaud and Franziska Unger, 2019

Experimental / Fiction – 3 min

Synopsis

Apocalypse Airlines is a „fake“ commercial spot for a fictive airline, that confronts us with our own contadictions. Everyone wants to travel, discover the world, feel free, consume, … although we all know the environmental consequences of air travel. Are we ready to make compromises in order to live with full responsibility? Should it be an individual or a political decision?

Screenings and awards

  • Arte, 2020-2021
  • Next Generation Short Tiger, Cannes 2020 (Short Tiger Award)
  • Münzenberger Forum Berlin 2020 (Experimental Film Award)
  • München Filmschool Festival 2020 (Climate Clip Award)
  • Flotter Dreier Kurzfilmfestival, Hamburg 2020 (Audience Award)
  • Foresight Film Festival 2019 (Audience Award)
  • Green Image Filmfestival, Tokyo 2020
  • Tricky Women, Vienna 2020
  • Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche 2020
  • Filmfest, Dresen 2020
  • Sehsüchte, Potsdam 2020
  • Cinemaambiente, Torino 2020
  • PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn 2020
  • Festival de Cine Aleman, Buenos Aires 2020
  • Filmfestival Warschau, 2020
  • German Currents, Los Angeles 2020
  • Festival of German Films, Moskau 2020
  • Underdox / Videodox, München 2019

 

ELBOW DROP – JAQUES SHURE feat. DEXTER

Dir. Franziska Unger, 2018

     

    DISPO DIVER – WALDOE feat. JUICY GAY

    Dir. Franziska Unger, 2018