Completed - ENGLISH - Animation, VR - AR, 3D - 8 minutes
Immerse yourself in a sci-fi fairytale, where the bold citizens of an oppressed planet strive to topple their tyrant king.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Paweł SZARZYŃSKI Writer(s) : Lauren DUBOWSKI Cast : Geoff SOBELLE, Arkadiusz JAKUBIK Producer(s) : Marta SZARZYŃSKA (KINHOUSE STUDIO)
Cosmogonic is the first VR experience inspired by the Polish science-fiction writer Stanisław Lem—known for investigating humanity and social justice through visions of faraway planets and mechanical beings. In Cosmogonic, we travel into the memories of the title character, a once-great robot engineer, to visit the planet of Actinuria. Here, the Pallatinids, a society of giant robots, live under the cruel King Archithor. Fearing a conspiracy, he forces the citizens to wear suits of uranium armor, which cause an explosion if too many of them gather. But one Pallatinid—a bold, young inventor named Pyron—decides to use science and technology to inspire a revolution. An adaptation of a 1965 short story by Lem, with animated visuals after his illustrator, Daniel Mróz, Cosmogonic speaks perfectly to today’s world, where populism and disinformation threaten democracy. It is a testament to the importance of knowledge and community in the universal drive to freedom.
Country(ies) : POLAND
New Images Festival 2022 (In competition)