GLOSSARY OF BROKEN DREAMS

Johannes Grenzfurthner, AT, 2018
98 min., Originalfassung (englisch/deutsch)
Dokumentarfilm
Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage!

Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The Left! But, yikes, Johannes can't tolerate ignorant and topically abusive comments on the "Internet" anymore! Supported by writer Ishan Raval, in this film, Johannes explains, re-evaluates, and sometimes sacrifices political golden calves of discourse.


 
Sprachen: Englisch und Deutsch - englische Untertitel für die deutschen Filmteile ...


Featuring: Amber Benson, Max Grodénchik, Jeff Ricketts, Jason Scott, Stefanie Sargnagel, Gerald Votava, Robert Stachel, Stuart Freeman, Katharina Stemberger, Conny Lee, Jolyne Schlien Schürmann, Hannes Duscher, Roland Gratzer, Alexander E. Fennon, Michael J. Epstein, Michael Smulik, Kudra Owens, Martin Auer, David Dempsey, Anna Behne... and many others.

With artworks and animations by Bonni Rambatan, Matt J. Frith, James Brothwell, Clemens Kindermann, Stevyn Prothero, Steve Reeder... and many more.

Music by Michael Donaldson, Inti-Illimani, wobblersound, Kasson Crooker, Duscher&Gratzer, Bottervogel, Christoph Burstup Weiss... and many more.


"This monumental mosaic is taking the audience on a ride through an encyclopedia of overused, misconceived, and corrupted concepts and ideas. The fact that it concerns the favorite vocabulary of current discourses, the golden calves of contemporary controversy, makes for a considerably explosive force." (Boing Boing)

"A swan song to the society of ignorance..." (Skug)

"Glossary of Broken Dreams is a nerdgasm of creative consciousness meets good intentions and abundant doses of intellectually informed human compassion. It'll fuck with your mind. Then laugh." (The Independent Critic, Richard Propes)


Awards:
Accolade Competition - Winner: Award of Merit (March 2018)
Austrian Filmfestival - Nominated: Best Feature Documentary (March 2018)
The IndieFest - Winner: Award of Merit (May 2018)
Subversive Cinema Society - Winner: Best Experimental Film (May 2018)
HOPE Con - Winner: Best Hacker Film (July 2018)
The Indie Gathering - Winner: Foreign Documentary Feature (July 2018)
Impact Docs Awards - Winner: Award of Merit - Documentary Feature (July 2018)