Fluidø Explained

Fluidø
Director:Shu Lea Cheang
Starring:Caprice Crawford
Runtime:99 minutes
Country:Germany
Language:English

Fluidø is a 2017 German science fiction film directed by Shu Lea Cheang.[1] It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Set in the 2060s, the film depicts a world in which HIV/AIDS has been fully eradicated.[3] In some people, however, the virus has mutated into a gene which can be extracted to create a new psychoactive drug, leading to the creation of an extensive underground network of human trafficking to capture the carriers of this mutation in order to manufacture the drug.[3]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shu Lea Cheang: FLUIDØ Cypherpunk Film . Seditionart . 3 February 2017 . 3 February 2017 . 4 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004717/https://www.seditionart.com/shu-lea-cheang/news/shu-lea-cheang-fluido-film . dead .
  2. Web site: Panorama 2017 Programme Complete . Berlinale . 25 January 2017 . 26 January 2017 . 30 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170130151206/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_36372.html . dead .
  3. http://blog.teddyaward.tv/en/2017/01/31/all-films-at-the-31st-teddy-award/#more-1759 "All Films at the 31st TEDDY AWARD"