Fantastic Machine
2023 documentary film
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Fantastic Machine (also known as And the King Said: What a Fantastic Machine[1][2][3]) is a 2023 Swedish-Danish documentary feature directed, produced and edited by Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck.[4][5][6]
Maximilien Van Aertryck
Maximilien Van Aertryck
Maximilien Van Aertryck
| Fantastic Machine | |
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| Directed by | Axel Danielson Maximilien Van Aertryck |
| Written by | Axel Danielson Maximilien Van Aertryck |
| Produced by | Axel Danielson Maximilien Van Aertryck |
| Narrated by | Maximilien Van Aertryck |
| Edited by | Mikel Cee Karlsson |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Countries | Sweden Denmark |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
A video essay examination of humanity's obsession with cameras and imagery to the point of changing behaviors in 200 years alongside the social consequences laying ahead via archival footage (including interviews with media mogul Ted Turner and propagandist filmmaker Leni Reifenstahl).[7][8][9][10][11][12][4][5]
Release and reception
The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival under the World Cinema Documentary Competition category on January 23, 2023.[13]
Accolades
It would eventually won a Special Jury Award for Creative Vision.[14]
The film also won two awards (a special mention Youth Jury Crystal Bear and the AG KINO GILDE – CINEMA VISION 14plus) at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival.[15]