ELECTRIC DREAMS (Dir: Steve Barron)
The year is 1984, and the home computer phenomenon is just taking hold. In music-video maestro Steve Barron’s feature film directing debut, an artificially intelligent PC, and his human owner Miles (the late Lenny von Dohlen) find themselves in a romantic rivalry over their beautiful new neighbour, cellist Madeline (Virginia Madsen). Given a pulsating heartbeat by the great Giorgio Moroder’s hit song, Barron and screenwriter Rusty Lemorande bring a sly, sharp subversive edge to this iconic time-capsule charmer. In 1984, how could they have possibly foreseen the intrusive demands that the home computer would make four decades later?

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ALGODREAMS (Dir: Vladimir Todorovic)
ALGODREAMS are created by prompting AI systems to dream about the future of life on planet Earth. Their stories, animations and sounds are shaped by numbers, predictions, and mathematical models. W.A. artist and academic Vladimir Todorovic will introduce his groundbreaking work - a dizzying vision pulled from the new digital consciousness.
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ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL 2023, FRANCE