T A P E Collective Presents Social Media Killed The Landline Star
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Image: Janitor of Lunacy, Umi Ishihara, 2019
Our contemporary modes of communication with friends, family, and strangers have transformed irrevocably. These shorts incorporate our everyday use of social media into the fabric of their stories. Via alternative-source scripts and innovative new waves of filmmaking, the filmmakers challenge traditional forms of storytelling by blurring the line between content creation, filmmaking, pop culture and moving image.
97%
Ben Brand
9'
2015
Netherlands
Bert's race against time to find the match of his life among the subway cars.
Cracked Screen
Trim Lamba
7'
2017
United Kingdom
A young woman in London self-broadcasts her life before, during and after she suffers a heinous attack
Pompeii
Marco Alessi / Matthew Jacobs Morgan / Harry Lighton
9'
2019
United Kingdom
Tam gets on the first tube home alone feeling conspicuous after an intense night out. He plugs in his headphones and relives the night via social media.
alt.Life
Teddy Nygh
13'
2017
United Kingdom
alt.Life is powerful short drama about the dangerous consequences of social media. Obsessed with online friends, popularity, image and likes Mikey is so caught up in creating an aspirational lifestyle that he loses sight of who he really is. Will he be able to show his true self? Or will online likes be the only ones that count.
Janitor of Lunacy
Umi Ishihara
12'
2019
United Kingdom
Janitor of Lunacy follows a young woman’s descent into a digital wormhole via her obsession with a BDSM account run by an unknown user. The film examines social media’s ability to acquire organicity whilst also distorting subjective reality.