BlackBerry
Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
Colossus: The Forbin Project
The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
Dump Yard
Amidst the chaos of planning his son's birthday, Sandesh's phone, crucial for an investor call, gets accidentally thrown away. In his quest to retrieve it, he discovers unexpected emotional depths.
Diminished Reality
In the augmented reality game 'Real Life Dragon Hunter', Tammy's digital obsession strains her friendship with Rachel, who tries to pull her back to reality.
1998, l'été de nos 18 ans
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Amour.Artificiel
In a near by futur where everyone is implanted with an electronic chip, Elena, a young woman, has just been dumped by her boyfriend, David. Encouraged by her best friend to go to a party, she meets Benjamin, a young men in the same situation. She also learns that a new chip got release, and with it, you can change the appearance of someone. With Benjamin, they decide to fake their reality to win back their lost loves.
Movies by Machine - AI and Cinema
As artificial intelligence becomes ever more sophisticated, the film industry is split between enthusiasm at what the technology can achieve and concern over the future for human workers in the industry. Will actors and actresses be replaced by machines? An overview on the coming wave of AI in cinema.
Immortalité, Dernière Frontière
Immortality and eternal life: Will this great human dream come true? In any case, cryonics is making ever greater progress, human cloning no longer seems impossible and research is being carried out into the digital reproduction of the brain. Taking stock in the USA, Canada, Europe and Russia. The documentary delves into a world in which all-too-human people refuse to simply be wiped out by death. It shows how difficult it is to resist the promises of eternal life and also highlights the economic interests behind such endeavors. Google's push is just one sign of a possible two-tier society of the future: on the one hand, the rich who have access to such "offers", on the other, the rest of society.
Posthumans
Director Dominique Leclerc spent years depending on medical devices for her survival. Then, looking for alternative solutions, she entered the world of emerging technologies. Posthumans follows her as she meets with cyborgs, biohackers, and transhumanists who are trying to use these technologies to outsmart illness, aging—and even death. The documentary looks at pressing ethical and political questions that are sure to impact the future of our species.
The Click Trap
Digital advertising algorithms curate content precisely for users. Major tech firms claim to restrict disinformation yet still profit from harmful content, raising ethical concerns about democracy and online capitalism.
Julian Assange: Silenced
In the spring of 2010, Julian Assange published classified documents that shed a harsh light on the war crimes committed by the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Hyperland
This made-for-TV documentary introduces the layperson to concepts and technologies that were emerging in computer interface design in the late 1980s and early 1990s: hypertext, multimedia, virtual assistants, interactive video, 3D animation, and virtual reality.
Fard
In the near future, the world seems to function in an efficient and controlled way...
EONII
In the distant future, a lone scientist makes a breakthrough discovery, called EONII, that may save the Nation and the Continent. Forces in the shadows begin to surface. Lies, Betrayal, Politics, and War, all to decide one thing, who should control the power of the EONII?
The Moon Also Rises
Just before the launch of artificial moons, a retired couple finds their harbor in the fading darkness. Trying to catch up with the pace of modernity, their daily life traces this forthcoming brightness back to its earthly origins.
Lips
Franz works for the Japanese, but makes a mistake and the corporation condemns him to wander through a harrowing virtual setting.
Art Never Sleeps
Acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola, with the help of a passionate team of film students with a shared dream for the artistic potential of live digital cinema, work towards realising the director's 'Distant Visions' live-cinema experiment.
General Magic
A tale of how the great vision and epic failure of General Magic, the "greatest dead company in Silicon Valley", changed the lives of billions.