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ART e FACT (Post Production)

Feature film written, directed and produced by Robert Iolini.

GENRE: Science fiction, mystery, drama
AUDIENCE: G

TAGLINE: Comics, music, secret agents, and cults; what more does a girl need to have fun?

LOGLINE:  A disillusioned songwriter, playing hide and seek with agents and zealots, finds her deep dive into a mythical comic hero’s life unexpectedly healing her own trauma and igniting a creative renaissance.

THEMES: ART e FACT is a sci-fi intrigue about the effect of creativity and criticism on an authoritarian society. The narratives explore moral issues around artificial intelligence, synthetic biology and political rule.

SYNOPSIS: In a world where technology and knowledge sharing are tightly controlled, a disheartened songwriter finds an unexpected path to healing through her new role as an art curator. Tasked with researching a mysterious comic book hero, she discovers parallels between the character’s journey and her own struggles. As she delves deeper into the hero’s mythology, she experiences a profound personal awakening, rediscovering her artistic voice and inner strength.

However, her investigation doesn’t go unnoticed. Soon, she’s caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, pursued by government agents, anarchists, a secret society, and a fanatical cult – all seeking to control the comic hero’s powerful legacy. Navigating this complex web of intrigue, she must stay one step ahead of her pursuers while piecing together the truth behind the mythical figure.

With each revelation about the comic hero, she finds new inspiration for her music and a growing courage to challenge the status quo. As the lines between art, myth, and reality blur, she realises that her curative journey has become a symphony of self-discovery, creativity, and defiance against a system that fears the transformative power of art.

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DAIMARU GHOST BUS

Melancholy gentle mid-winter glow, Mongkok pop palace-ebo? Tunnelling inward to the centre of now new neo-Nippon-nature well-come to my tight fit maxi-maze – outer neon skin sheds ray-on-gun mysteries reflected in the thousand street eyes alive with hope and uniqueness, each pair a floating vessel carrying a billion possible memories . . . Now in decode mode, mobile and scanning, sensing no malice, only sadness, respect, awareness, sensitivity and then unexpectedly from this saline eyeball world a tear-drop falls. 

On a bus with a sign that reads “Daimaru”

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PAY-AS-YOU-GO SHAMANIC MOBILE SERVICE CENTRE

The agent must perform a sacrifice
Of flesh and fire, seeds and blood, to please
Byakko and to gain his good advice.
He casts the coins to know his destinies.

THE AGENT

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VERTICAL NARRATIVES

An interstellar detective investigates life in Hong Kong.

THE HOLOGRAPHIC EAR

A man confronts the nature of reality and perception through sound

GEMINOID TEAR

An android couple re-enact a scene from Jean-Luc Godard’s film Le Mepris (Contempt)

GHOSTS OF THE TSUNAMI

A photographer reveals invisible worlds

 

FORAT DE LA VERGONYA

A typical neighbourhood in Barcelona?

BLACK SHEEP

Australian Aboriginal teenagers in Darwin