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Release Date:
January 25, 2025
Original Title:
Tamagotchi_Balé
Genres:
Animation
Production Companies:
Cais Filmes e Arte
Ubisoft Winnipeg
Production Countries:
Brazil
Ratings / Certifications:
BR: L
Runtime: 29
Tamagotchi_Balé is about affective dystopias, the end of erotic experience, narcissism and algorithms. Following a logic of hyperlinks, which mixes dream narratives, extensive research on neoliberal subjectivity, companion devices, 1990s films and video games, two women try to establish a relationship on green screens of Zoom. The Tamagotchi was born from an alien plant and is the first experience of a relationship with a machine that my generation has experienced.
Art Direction:
Anna Costa e Silva
Director:
Anna Costa e Silva
Director of Photography:
Rita Albano
Editor:
Darks Miranda
Producer:
Anna Costa e Silva
Sound:
Isabela Godoi
Writer:
Anna Costa e Silva
Manuela Libman
Maria Clara Contrucci
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