Hyperlinks x Film In Revolt: A Self-Induced Hallucination

A special Film in Revolt screening of a unique YouTube collage about Slenderman, followed by a panel on video editing and filmmaking.

Static Vision and Film in Revolt are proud to present a special screening of Dan Schoenbrun's fantastic Slenderman video essay, A Self-Induced Hallucination, followed by a panel on video editing and filmmaking hosted by festival programmers Conor Bateman (whose video essays Runtime and Hollow Jungle were featured on Sight and Sound's "best video essays of 2019" list) and Felix Hubble. Tickets are heavily discounted for attendees under the age of 25.

Social media and digital folklore intertwine in this unique exploration of collective delusion and the Slenderman mythos. An assemblage of fractured YouTube clips - with sources ranging from corporate news services to virtually unknown vloggers - charts the impact of the infamous creepypasta's reach both online and, more disturbingly, in reality. Unsettling and often hilarious, Schoenbrun's documentary challenges us to consider how our personal experience influences our understanding of authority and truth on the internet.

"...a quietly ambitious marvel of editing, one that attempts to locate the contours of a new narrative structure within the cacophony of the internet. Yet for all its timeliness, its power lies within something much more elemental: the human need to tell stories." - International Film Festival Rotterdam

Directed by Dan Schoenbrun | 74 minutes | 15+

Country: United States of America

Year: 2018

Language: English