CANIS (2018). Film still.
Single channel film. 23 min. 4K. 1.90:1 Full Container. Color. Stereo sound.
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
When a city kid hacker’s online persona and offline reality starts converging it sets him off on a frantic mission to find his purpose in life. Told through a series of moments and short episodes, CANIS is a docu-fiction about digital identity crisis and a young Copenhagener who wants to leave his mark before leaving the offline world.
The film premiered at internet cafe PowerPlay Infinity, Copenhagen, 2018.
CANIS (2018). Film still.
CANIS (2018). Film still.
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CANIS (2018). Film still.
In a time when our lives are increasingly spent on observing, analyzing and interpreting ourselves - as well as tying ourselves to our own identity - Confessions embodies a cognitive dissonance: the overwhelming contradiction of constantly both doubting and affirming oneself. I believe that we by voicing our pains and struggles of subjectification might expose emotional, cognitive and social dissonances, as well as open ourselves up for new understandings and connections. We might even find ways of breaking out of our ceaselessly looping thoughts and inner tyrants. That is at least my hope.
With Diêm Camille, Johan Bech Jespersen, Klaus Tange, Carla Eleonora Feigenberg, Niels Justesen, Camilla Søeberg
WRITER, DIRECTOR & CINEMATOGRAPHER Jacob Schill
SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT Luke Buckley, Daro Hansen,
Jonas Algers and Gala Hernández López
EDITOR Grit Tind Mikkelsen
ADDITIONAL EDITING Daniel Abraham Basse and Jan-Niklas Thape
CASTING ASSISTANCE Gro Therp
SOUND RECORDIST Rasmus Emil Mikkelsen
RUNNER Julie Nymann
Thanks to Jane Jin Kaisen, Agnieszka Polska and Maria Colomer Canyelles
MEDIUM 7-channel video installation
SOUND 4-channel, 3 x stereo
ASPECT RATIO 4:5
RESOLUTION 1700 x 2125
LANGUAGE English
Confessions is divided into five chapters:
IN THE SKY OF THE MIND
Length: 02:57 min. Single channel video. Stereo sound. Loop.
PERSONAL ATTENTION
Length: 19:02 min. 4-channel video. 4-channel sound. Loop.
LIKE I COULD GROW IF YOU LET ME
Acrylic mirror glass mounted on aluminum frame. Dimensions: 200 cm x 300 cm 4 cm.
YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT I’M NOT REALLY WHAT YOU THINK I AM
Length: 03:34 min. Single channel video. Stereo sound. Loop.
MY NAME
Length: 03:15 min. Single channel video. Stereo sound. Loop.
WRITER AND DIRECTOR Jacob Schill
WITH Céleste Nshimiyimana
CINEMATOGRAPHERS Sawsan Halitim, Frederik Marbell and Jacob Schill
SOUND RECORDIST Jason Cameron
RUNNER Peter Öhlén
Supported by Aarhus Film Workshop and Snabslanten
In CANIS, Céleste Nshimiyimana and I explored what happens when a human starts becoming more-than-human: C’s sense of selfhood builds as much on his human historical being as his canine virtual avatar, CANIS. It drew from our own lives and from digital fables; we blurred the lines, used ourselves as actors, fusing the film into a docu-fiction.
Screening at internet cafe PowerPlay Infinity, Copenhagen, DK. 2018.
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