MIRAGE: A Portal to the Art of the Real

From award-winners to hidden gems: what to watch at MIRAGE

MIRAGE is a film festival and arena for “the art of the real” where films with highly cinematic ambitions meet photography, literature and sound. It features a selection of films from the most important film festivals, including artistic documentaries, hybrid films, and retrospectives of classics from the documentary genre.

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FILMS

After Work

Director: Erik Gandini

Why being irrelevant could be worse than being exploited in the new world of automation and Artificial Intelligence.

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Knit’s Island

Director: Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h

A deep dive into virtual survivalist communities and the blur between reality and gaming.

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Notes From the Ermocene

Director: Viera Čákanyová

A disturbingly accurate farewell to human life on planet earth.

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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Director: Anna Hints

Female solidarity through Estonian women continuing an age-old tradition.

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INTERVIEW

Between Revolutions: «I am more fascinated by the archival material than the present»

We joined film director Vlad Petri under a fig tree in Skopje as he reflects on the stories of women's resilience and revolution in his film Between Revolutions.

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