Our Future Without Privacy - Dystopian Short Film

Dystopian Short Film - Is your cellphone always listening? Are we constantly being monitored? In a world of AI, internet censorship, the great reset, and where privacy seems to be destroyed this Orwell inspired dystopian short film is more relevant than ever before as we move towards our future without privacy.

Cartesian Presents Dissidence a dystopian short film.

In the year 2084, a government agent chooses to go without his mandated phone. This begins to open his eyes as he learns the consequences of speaking out against the surveillance state he is living in.

From the director: "Dissidence (2084) was first inspired by my study abroad trip to Budapest Hungary. As I learned more about Hungarian history and culture, I was extremely fascinated by how fascism and communism affected Hungarian culture. In a period of 2 years 1/20 Hungarians were sent the the Russian Gulag for political crimes. Today, these horrors seem like the distant past. However, with the the rise of cellphones and other technologies perfect for surveillance use, Dissidence stands as a warning to the importance of freedom of privacy and free speech often traded for convenience and 'safety'. This film was carefully planned to not alienate modern day viewers with a world happening in the distant future, or a far away place as many Sci-Fi's traditionally do. This is because the ideas in this film have already started to become a reality in our society."
-Matthew Brdlik

Written and Directed by: Matthew Brdlik
Producer: Matthew Brdlik
Director of Photography: Max Rood

David: David Neylon
Carly: Teresa Moore
Charles: Brad Davidson
Marcus: Jeff Smith
Door Man: Leonard Pagan
Phone Voice: Ariana Kraft
Government Agent 1: Jonny Kalita
Government Agent 2: Daniel Jensen
Government Agent 3: Daniel Flood
Train Passenger: Nick Trivisonno
David 2: Allen Vaysberg

Associate Producer: Max Rood
Unit Production Manager: Will Ackerman & Karson Kent
1st Assistant Director Jack Elliott
Script Supervisor: Margaret Velez
1st Assistant Camera: Nihal Dantluri
2nd Assistant Camera: Jacob Ocker
Gaffer: Alex Naremore
Key Grip: Clarisse Callahan
Grip: Carlos Cabrera-Mayol
Best Boy Electric: Sean Phelan
Electric: Clayton Forester
Grip and Electric Swing: Miranti Urbaningrum & Myckella Sage
Dolly Grip: Jens Ericson
Production Designer: Mark Freudian
Prop Master: Karson Kent
Hair and Makeup: Alexandra Kiotis
Sound Mixer: Manuel Rodriguez and Matt Collera and Chris Nawrocki
Boom Operator: Antonio Macias
Editor: Marcus Aubin
Colorist: Sam Howells
Sound Designer: Henry Darr
Visual Effects Designer: Alex Koester
Music by: Phillip Rapa
Titles: Ricky O’Campo
Casting Director: Emily Dunn and Matthew Brdlik
Casting Assistants: David Kennedy and Rocio Patterson-Rivera

Special Thanks:
Amy Chen
Lindsay Forman
Alireza Khatami
Eva Kiss
Michael Brdlik
Rosemary Brdlik
Bruce Brdlik
Rocio Patterson-Rivera

AWARD WINNER BEST SCI-FI FILM 2019 REEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AWARD WINNER BEST LEAD ACTOR 2019 MAIN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED BEST DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2019 PREMIERE FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED BEST WRITER, EDITOR 2019 MAINE STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 SCI-FI LONDON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2020 SCI-FI BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 WINDY CITY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 MIDWEST INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2020 BIG SHOULDERS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 REEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 MOZIMOTION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 PREMIERE FILM FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 BAM! FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 MAINE STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 JOSIAH MEDIA FESTIVAL

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