SXSW Trailer for Space Doc ‘Doppelgängers³’ About Humanity’s Future
by Alex Billington
March 11, 2024
Source: YouTube
“What is your vision for the future of humanity in space?” A festival promo trailer has landed for an indie documentary film titled Doppelgängers³, a 73 minute sci-fi space documentary from filmmaker Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian. It’s premiering at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival underway now in their Visions section – check out some footage below. In the film, three Doppelgängers meet in “outer space” to imagine diasporic and queer eco-feminist futures. They add that “the film culminates in an analog space mission in a deep cave in Spain in which we see Ben Hayoun-Stépanian and her doppelgängers experiencing a moon utopia. But things do not go according to plan…” Surprise, surprise. It never does! Always some danger. A visual, sonic experience – with music by Pussy Riot, Colin Self, Mirrored Fatality and Asmodessa. A film shot in Algeria and Armenia, supported by Sundance Institute and Sandbox Films with BFI Doc Society Fund. This looks so weird and experimental and artsy that it’s hard to describe clearly. Tons of intriguing conversations in here.
Here’s the festival promo trailer for Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian’s doc Doppelgängers³, from YouTube:
The film Doppelgängers³ draws on the experience of diasporas to challenge the commercialization of the moon. Through encounters with doppelgängers and other meetings with scientists, visionaries & cultural inventors, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian and her doppelgängers offer an experimental vision and template for a future diaspora beyond Earth. How will human inhabitants of the moon understand origin, borders and nations? The film culminates in an analog space mission in a deep cave in Spain in which we see Ben Hayoun-Stépanian and her doppelgangers experiencing a moon utopia. But things do not go according to plan… Doppelgängers³ is directed by French designer / artist / filmmaker Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian (visit her official site), director of the doc films The International Space Orchestra, Disaster Playground, I Am (Not) a Monster, and Tour de Moon Film (watch them here) previously. Produced by Sandra Leeming, Luke Moody, Victoria Adams, Amina Castaing, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian. This is premiering at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival in the Visions section. No other release dates are set yet – stay tuned for news. Curious?
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