Consensus Gentium
"Consensus Gentium" is a powerful exploration into the implications of today's AI technology. It is an interactive film that integrates cutting-edge facial detection and AI, which transports audiences on a unique quest to discover what could come about if we succumb to unchecked surveillance. Through a smartphone, participants are tasked to obtain increased mobility to visit their sick Nana through a government surveillance Global Citizen App. Using various tests their dissidence or compliance is calculated, by monitoring data for their conscious and subconscious eye gaze interactions, by the devices’ front-facing camera. While various characters reflect the consequences of their decisions.
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Credits
Director: | Karen Palmer |
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Executive Producer: | Lizzie Franke, Kristin Irving (BFI) |
Producer: | Tom Millen, Thalia Mavros, Jackson Lapsley Scott, Tuyet Huynh |
Screenwriter: | Karen Palmer |
Cinematographer: | Anthony Gurner |
Editor: | Jack Foster |
Production Designer: | Tom Paris |
Sound Designer: | Gareth Fry |
Music: | Cesare Marchese, Colin Emmanuel |
Principal Cast: | Miriam Teak-Lee- Mischi Palmer, Zachary Hing- Global Citizen Officer, Sorcha Farnan-Influencer, Tolu Kingba-Source Code- activist, Keon-Martial Phillip- Black Man arrested by police, Clare Owens-Nana, Francoise (Forrest) Mahop- Parkour Athlete, Georgia Munroe- Parkour Athlete, Flynn Disney - Parkour Athlete, Kevin Francomme- Parkour Athlete |
Additional Credits: | Technical Developers: Tom Shannon & Ahmed Buttar, Screen Life Team: Meg O'Connell, Brodie Rocca, Jackson Lapsley Scott (Unless Pictures), Screen Life Motion Graphics: Steph Walsh, Shell Weiss, Ryan Mcshane, Rebecca George, Samantha Gleeson (Breeder), Creative Consultant : Mario Marquez Lartigue, Story Editor: Phoebe Sutherland (BFI), Production Manager: Iris Cohen (BFI), Casting Director: Nicci Topping, Assistant Director: Caroline Deeds, Stylist & Hair Stylist & Makeup Artist: Laurel Hunter & Sheree Jourdan & Marialuisa Cosentino, Storyboard Developer/ Concept Artist: Shaun Beyond (Shakoor Bukhuth) |
Contact
Distributor: | Tom Millen |
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Public Film Contact: | Karen Palmer |
Publicity Contact: | Karen Palmer |
Details
Primary Entry: | Music Badge Platinum Badge Interactive Badge Film & TV Badge |
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Year: | 2022 |
Premiere Status: | World Premiere |
Genres: | Experimental, Gaming, Hybrid, Interactive, Mockumentary |
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Language: | English with English Subtitles |
Runtime: | 22 mins |