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      Directors' Cut

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      What you see here is what remains of the original film as created by directors Thomas Østbye and Edwin. Each clip you steal to build your film eventually disappears from the directors' cut, making way for a new living map with your islands of impressions.
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      Team

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      DIRECTOR & PRODUCER:

      Thomas A Østbye is a distinctive artist and filmmaker. His films, including Take #2, Imagining Emanuel, Human and In your dreams combine artistic reflections on the documentary genre with contemporary political dilemmas. His art work is bought by the Arts Council Norway, broadcasted, screened at Hotdocs and MoMA NY and received a number of art and film awards, including CPH:DOX Award.

      DIRECTOR:

      Acclaimed Indonesian director Edwin was nominated for Golden Bear at Berlinale 2012 with his latest film Postcards From The Zoo. His first feature Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly received the FIPRESCI Prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2009, and his short film Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon was the first Indonesian film to be shown on the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes 2005.

      INTERACTIVE PRODUCER:

      Paramita Nath (Canada/India) is a documentarian working in both traditional and emerging forms of media. Her award winning shorts Found (2009) and Durga (2012) have toured the world. She has worked on several interactive documentaries, most notably NFB’s HIGHRISE project. She is currently developing a feature documentary about the global arms trade.

      PROGRAMMING / DESIGN:

      Helios Design Labs is an interdisciplinary design studio located at the intersection of art and technology. We design experiences that combine the art of traditional storytelling with new and emerging technologies in web, mobile and animation. While we have strong technical capabilities, we believe in using technology to help tell a better story, not just for its own sake.

      PRODUCTION COMPANY:

      Thomas Østbye PlymSerafin produce formally challenging documentary films and art projects. We want to contribute to a sincere and uncompromising deepening of man's relation to the world. Our productions have reached a varied field: from film festivals where they have received a dozen awards including Cph:Dox Award, art awards including Prix Franqais and broadcasting nominations including Prix Europa.

      Creative Team

      Concept and Direction:

      Edwin & Thomas Østbye

      Producer:

      Thomas Østbye

      Producion Company:

      Thomas Østbye PlymSerafin

      Interactive Producer:

      Paramita Nath

      Web Design & Development:

      Helios Design Labs

      Film Crew

      Cinematography, Sound recording, Editing:

      Thomas Østbye & Edwin

      Sound Design:

      Carl Svensson

      Grading & Online:

      Christian Berg Nielsen / Sement & Betong

      Production Assistants:

      Kaja Leijon & Sunniva Sundby

      Fixer:

      Kiki Machina

      Poster Design:

      Daniel Butler

      Legal:

      Tom G. Eilertsen / Bull & Co

      Interactive Team

      Creative Technologist:

      Mike Robbins

      Creative Producer:

      Sarah Arruda

      Creative Director:

      Alex Wittholz

      Web Programming:

      Mike Robbins, Daniel Sundy, Iain Campbell

      Graphic Design:

      Joanna Durkalec, Felix Wittholz

      Technical Coordination:

      Matt Brushett, Marc Panozzo

      Additional Animation:

      Matt Brushett & Stian Kjørstad

      Supported by

      Norwegian Film Institute


      Commisioner:

      Stig Anderson & Kristine Ann Skaret

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      CPH:DOX

      by Tine Fischer & Patricia Drati
      in collaboration with Filmlab/Århus Festival and Danish Film Institute

      Commisioner:

      Clara Grunning-Harris

      About

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      17,000 Islands is an interactive documentary experiment in image making. Set in the Indonesian museum park called Taman Mini Indonesia Indah or Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park—a manicured synopsis of the country’s 17,000 islands—the project explores models of reality by looking at how an image of a nation is created and how documentary filmmaking takes part in this process.
      Taman Mini was built by the Suharto regime in the 1970s to represent the idea of a diverse country living in harmony under a national ideology—regardless of the opposite reality. In 1998, the corrupt regime was overturned, but the park remains open and popular. While the majority of people see it simply as an amusement park, to some it represents a painful manifestation of past militarist and conformist propaganda.
      Fascinated by this idealized representation of culture, directors Edwin and Thomas Østbye set out with a camera to capture life unfolding within this controlled setting. Their film is presented here as an archipelago of impressions.
      You, the audience, are invited to build new islands by stealing clips for your own film, using our innovative custom-built web video editor. As you steal our clips, the original film will be destroyed and the archipelago will gradually disintegrate, making way for a new living map.
      At 17,000 Islands, people enter into dialogue by bringing their unique perspectives on reality. Tell your story through image, text, and your own voice-over.
      To learn more about Taman Mini and take part in discussions around this project, follow our blog and like our Facebook page. You can email us at 17000islandsinteractive@gmail.com.

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