My Generation
Synopsis
And what if we put our smartphones down for a second in order to open our closed eyes wide? This is what the short film My Generation proposes: during an eight-minute traveling shot, we travel through the different worlds of our time - contemporary art, GAFA, sport, religions, pornography, politics, finance, sacred cows, golden calves, generalized surveillance, opium of the people. It's Jerome Bosch teleported to the post-Warhol era. Although modern alienation is singled out, there is no moral judgement, but a clinical detachment in a Kubric style – the facts, nothing but the facts.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producers : H5, Les Productions 50/50
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Ludovic Houplain
- Screenwriter : Ludovic Houplain
- Music Composer : Mirwais Ahmadzaï
- Editor : Jean-François Fontaine
- Author of original work : Mirwais Ahmadzaï
- Line Producers : Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Ludovic Houplain
- Production managers : Federico Matarazzo, Maxime Vandenabeele
- Production Designer : Emmanuel Prévot
- Special Effects : Vincent Dupuis, Charles Tesnière
- Visual effects : Vincent Dupuis, Charles Tesnière
- Sound Mixer : Mirwais Ahmadzaï
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D animation, 3D animation, Cartoon
- Themes : Media, Power, Human nature
- Production language : German, English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 8 min 4 seconds
- Visa number : 152.464
- Visa issue date : 14/01/2021
- Production formats : Digital creation - HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.78
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
News (2)
Selections (15)
Awards (4)
About
Selected for many festivals (Annecy, Zagreb, Athens, Stuttgart) and already awarded prizes here and there (Houston, Manchester), My Generation's career isn't over yet: the result of an artistic collaboration between Mirwais and Ludovic Houplain, the film will come back in another form this fall, as a clip for The Most Lamentable Tragedy Of My Generation, Mirwais's new single.
REVIEWS
Netflix Pickup ‘I Lost My Body,’ ‘Buñuel,’ ‘Away’ Top Annecy Festival
Variety
Dernier inventaire avant la fin du monde
Beauxarts.com
https://www.beauxarts.com/videos/dernier-inventaire-avant-la-fin-du-monde/
Court Central Spécial Animation
Ocs.fr
https://www.ocs.fr/actualite/court-central-special-animation
Talkin' about My Generation, with Ludovic Houplain
Shots
https://shots.net/news/view/talkin-about-my-generation-with-ludovic-houplain
New film journeys into a world of modern alienation
Shots
https://shots.net/news/view/new-film-journeys-into-a-world-of-modern-alienation
Trump, Koons, du sport et du sexe sur une autoroute : découvrez le court-métrage apocalyptique "My Generation"
Franceinter
2020 Best animated short film Oscar: a list of submitted films in the category (exclusive)
Cartoonbrew.com
FNC 2019: une generation dysfonctionnelle dans l’oeil de Ludovic Houplain
Montréal Campus
La toilette de la Tour Eiffel et My Generation, deux courts-métrages à découvrir dans vos cinémas du 29 janvier au 4 février 2020
Voscinemas.fr
http://www.voscinemas.fr/decouvertes/du-29-jan-au-4-fev-2020/
Animation et écologie : Apocalypse now ? (Pascal Vimenet)
Blink Blank n°2 A/W 2020
https://revue-blinkblank.com/numero-2/
My Generation (Alice Butterlin)
Crash n°92
http://www.crash.fr/store/fr/version-papier/53-crash-92-the-deliverance-issue.html
My Generation
L’Extra Court
https://www.lextracourt.com/catalogue/films/my-generation/
Mirwaïs - “2016: My Generation”
Panm360
https://panm360.com/2020/10/29/mirwais-2016-my-generation/
“My Generation” : bienvenue dans la dictature des images
CentrePompidou.fr
“Mirwaïs : 2016 - My Generation”
Nowness
https://www.nowness.com/story/mirwais-2016-my-generation
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