SFL_2018_A5_PROGRAMME
Flipbook version of the 2018 printed programme sci-fi-london.com
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CENSOR<br />
SAT 5 MAY<br />
9.00PM<br />
STRATFORD<br />
PICTUREHOUSE<br />
Dir: Konstantin<br />
Shelepov<br />
Year: 2017<br />
Language: Russian/<br />
English subtitles<br />
Runtime: 133<br />
Country: Russia<br />
UK<br />
PREMIERE<br />
Virtual reality, so real it’s<br />
indistinguishable from real life.<br />
Zombies, Nazis, Knights in armour -<br />
the game has it all.<br />
After some real-world violent crimes<br />
are linked to gamers, the Ministry<br />
of Internal Affairs creates a new<br />
department, “C”, whose agents are<br />
censors. They must play the games<br />
and try to exceed the permitted level<br />
of violence. But two of them become<br />
rivals and the lines between the real<br />
and game worlds blur.<br />
This dark cyberpunk story is as much<br />
about the fear that computers will<br />
do our thinking for us as the dangers<br />
posed by the people who develop<br />
and control them.<br />
Censor’s director says, “As we<br />
develop this tech, should censorship<br />
become more important? Sci-fi is not<br />
about tomorrow. It is about today”<br />
Censor makes Hardcore Henry<br />
look like a Disney film and slams its<br />
message down your throat!<br />
You Ready Player One?<br />
6<br />
THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 1 — 7 MAY <strong>2018</strong>
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