REMOTE BY MIKA ROTTENBERG & MAHYAD TOUSI – CURRENTS SELECTION NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
REMOTE BY MIKA ROTTENBERG & MAHYAD TOUSI (2022) STARRING: Okwui Okpokwasili, Joony Kim, Pooya Mohseni, Nikita Tewani, Antonia Predovan, Yvette Mercedes MUSEUM COMMISSIONED / CURRENTS SELECTION NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL SYNOPSIS: Set in a near future, REMOTE explores what it means to be connected in this global age of pandemics, technology & convenience. The film imagines the lives of Unoaku, an expat architect in Kuala Lumpur & 4 other women living in different parts of the world. While watching a popular South Korean dog grooming show, the 5 women are connected when they discover mysterious portals hidden in their homes. Embarking on a quest for answers, they use the portals to overcome the distance between them, discovering a phenomenon with universe-altering consequences.
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC), Canada: September 21 Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, US: September 24 Tate Modern, London, UK: October 5 Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden: October 7 New York Film Festival Presented by Film at Lincoln Center: October 12 and 13 Busan Biennale, South Korea: October 14 X Museum, Beijing, China, date pending For additional screening times visit the link in bio or go here: bit.ly/REMOTEfilm |
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