Fantastic Machine

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Fantastic Machine
Directed by Axel Danielson
Maximilien Van Aertryck
Written byAxel Danielson
Maximilien Van Aertryck
Produced byAxel Danielson
Maximilien Van Aertryck
Narrated byMaximilien Van Aertryck
Edited byMikel Cee Karlsson
Production
companies
Strand Releasing
Heretic
Plattform Produktion
Release date
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesSweden
Denmark
LanguageEnglish

Fantastic Machine (also known as And the King Said: What a Fantastic Machine [1] [2] [3] ) is a 2023 Swedish-Danish documentary feature directed, produced and edited by Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck. [4] [5] [6]

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Synopsis

A video essay examination of humanity's obsession with cameras and imagery to the point of changing behaviors in 200 years alongside the social consequences laying ahead via archival footage (including interviews with media mogul Ted Turner and propagandist filmmaker Leni Reifenstahl). [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [4] [5]

Release and reception

The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival under the World Cinema Documentary Competition category on January 23, 2023. [13]

Accolades

It would eventually won a Special Jury Award for Creative Vision. [14]

The film also won two awards (a special mention Youth Jury Crystal Bear and the AG KINO GILDE – CINEMA VISION 14plus) at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival. [15]

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