In Post-Production:
HUNGRY / a sci-fi documentary, 97'
Script, direction: Susanne Brandstätter
Production: Susanne Brandstätter Filmproduktion
Cinematography: Joerg Burger
Special cameras: Martin Putz, Lukas Lerperger
Editor: Lisa Geretschläger
Music / Sound Design: Peter Kutin / Rojin Sharafi
Produced with the support of:
Austrian Film Institute & ÖFI+, Vienna Film Fund, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
HUNGRY / a sci-fi documentary, 97'
Script, direction: Susanne Brandstätter
Production: Susanne Brandstätter Filmproduktion
Cinematography: Joerg Burger
Special cameras: Martin Putz, Lukas Lerperger
Editor: Lisa Geretschläger
Music / Sound Design: Peter Kutin / Rojin Sharafi
Produced with the support of:
Austrian Film Institute & ÖFI+, Vienna Film Fund, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
In the sci-fi documentary Hungry, a mysterious Being in a near future sets off on an expedition to investigate a world devoid of human life and find out what led to the extinction of humanity. Armed with voice recordings retrieved from the past, the Being determines to unravel the tangled course of cause and effects leading to the decline and elimination of almost all lifeforms. The evidence builds as the Being surveys this bizarre world without humans and listens to the found-footage audio – interviews that filmmaker Susanne Brandstätter made with prominent international experts and scientists before the elimination events.
While listening to the voice recordings, the Being begins to connect the dots between the chain of events that seemingly wiped out humanity, whilst exploring and filming the surroundings. Choosing images that sometime echo what is being said, the Being at other times combines visuals that appear dissonant, creating new associations and dimensions. With each interview the Being comes closer to solving what led to the deterioration of the environment, to drastic changes in the biosphere and in crops, to the decline of democracies and to the extinction of humankind. Ultimately, the evidence becomes conclusive. In a worldwide experiment gone wrong, an economic system based on exploitation derailed the entire world: the ever-growing expansion of global mega-mergers destabilized not only the food system, but also the whole planet. An unlimited hunger for profit contributed to a fatal feedback loop, which could no longer be stopped... Until finally, there was no more possibility to heal either humanity or the world.
Or not?
Hungry conveys a passion that incites to positive action: for although the visuals show a possible and grim future, the voice recordings of the scientists and experts deliver a convincing argument: this vicious cycle can be broken before it’s too late. Hungry is an urgent call for the systemic change that can prevent this desolate tomorrow from becoming our today.
Hungry conveys a passion that incites to positive action: for although the visuals show a possible and grim future, the voice recordings of the scientists and experts deliver a convincing argument: this vicious cycle can be broken before it’s too late. Hungry is an urgent call for the systemic change that can prevent this desolate tomorrow from becoming our today.