Swatted

by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis

France
2018
21 min
English OV with French Subtitles
Short film
Documentary
Color

Special screenings 2020

Official synopsis

While online gamers recount how difficult it is to escape "swatting" – a phenomenon of cyberbullying – this film, made from YouTube videos and vector images extracted from a video game, offers a sublime take on the Internet flow.

Biography and Filmography

Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis is developing a “cinématière”, i.e. a hybrid artistic practice that expands cinema to the field of contemporary art. His work questions technologies, memory, the virtual world and explores the porous worlds of images. His films “Swatted” and “Dark Waves” received several awards (Clermont-Ferrand, IndieLisboa...). He is currently working on a feature film, “Deep Fake”.

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Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis is developing a “cinématière”, i.e. a hybrid artistic practice that expands cinema to the field of contemporary art. His work questions technologies, memory, the virtual world and explores the porous worlds of images. His films “Swatted” and “Dark Waves” received several awards (Clermont-Ferrand, IndieLisboa...). He is currently working on a feature film, “Deep Fake”.