Plot

An orphan boy has his humanity tested when his film director encourages him to give a violent performance that will blend fiction with reality.

   Призы и награды

BRUSSELS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
TEL AVIV INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
FLICKERS' RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MONTERREY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS | SEMI-FINALIST
SAPPORO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CATALINA FILM FESTIVAL
SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
NAPLES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DTLA FILM FESTIVAL
OJAI FILM FESTIVAL

   От режиссёра

In recent decades, Imagery generated by extreme terrorist organizations have haunted the public’s minds and psyches. ISIS, the most notorious, exercises new frontiers of innovative and violent propaganda.

Two years ago I left the Middle East to study filmmaking in the entertainment capital of the world. I could never have imagined the similarities between Hollywood production and ISIS propaganda. Hollywood’s entertainment industry and marketing machines promote violence, sexism and utilize pop culture as influence. A staggering realization of the same techniques used in ISIS propaganda. This phenomenon begs the question of two diametrically opposing cultures – How could the liberal idealism of Hollywood so radically inspire Islam fundamentalist propaganda?

ISIS’ employs an intricate mechanism of cinema production, hollywood-like visual imagery, creative editing, special effects and storytelling techniques that are torn from American film, television and news production. How? Remains a mystery to the western world. The origins of the people/filmmakers who direct, act, crew, produce and disseminate these propaganda materials are the shrouded in secrecy. This is a film that examines the inspiration by Hollywood on ISIS’ filmmaking. An examination inside ourselves and the culture around us. Questioning that which we truly fear, and the possible discovery of our true nature.

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