Ah, Humanity!

20th TDF: Greek premiere

A reflection on the fragility and folly of humanity in the age of the Anthropocene – the geological period where man is the dominant species on planet Earth. Taking the disaster of Fukushima as its point of departure, the projected images (shot on a telephone through a handheld telescope, so at once close to and far from their subjects) evoke an apocalyptic vision of modernity; at the same time, they reveal our predilection for historical amnesia and futuristic flights of fancy.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Ernst Karel, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Cinematography: Ernst Karel, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Editing: Ernst Karel, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Sound: Ernst Karel, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Production: F93, Centre of scientific, Technical and Industrial Culture in Montreuil France. Sensory Ethnography Lab, Harvard

Camera: Ernst Karel, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: France, USA, Japan

Production Year: 2015

Duration: 24'

Contact: Sensory Ethnography Lab, Harvard University

Ernst Karel

Filmography

2014 Single Stream
2015 Ah, humanity!

Véréna Paravel

Filmography

2008 7 Queens (short)
2010 Foreign Parts (co-direction)
2012 Leviathan (co-direction)
2015 Ah, Humanity! (short, co-direction)
2017 Somniloquies (co-direction)
2017 Caniba (co-direction)
2022 De humani corporis fabrica (co-direction)

Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Filmography

1992 In and Out of Africa (co-direction)
2009 Sweetgrass (co-direction)
2012 Leviathan (co-direction)
2015 Ah, Humanity! (short, co-direction)
2017 Somniloquies (co-direction)
2017 Caniba (co-direction)
2022 De humani corporis fabrica (co-direction)