Movies: Surveillance

Jenni has an ordinary life of simple patterns revolving around family and work. Her daily routine is seemingly unremarkable yet is of great interest to someone she doesn’t know—but who knows everything about her. Harvest is a thrilling and inventive ...

The very first images in the film set unprecedented standards in East German animated film: a Buñuelean eye that fills the entire screen, real-life sequences of fleeing animals and a sound collage running contrary to what is seen on the screen. This ...

THE MAZE dissects the terror-attacks since Paris Bataclan in November 2015 and looks for common patterns. Why was intelligence failing? And why keep our governments pushing for more of the same? A road movie into surveillance reforms, power, money an...

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EWE tells the story of a state, where monitoring and observation is part of everyday life. Every person is watcher as well as beeing watched, victim and offender at the same time... and everyone agrees with this kind of living....

On a trip to Los Angeles to visit a new flame, Anna finds herself lost, stoned and alone… or is she?...

After witnessing the violent arrest of Ted Carter (Ethan N), Kit Porter (Henri L), a tech savvy baseball fan, uncovers a secret government conspiracy to watch over every citizen. After teaming up with Max Stone (Josh M) and Doug Reese (Charlie R), th...

An Australian trading company hires an inept, drunk Korean as their head of security, but their new employee is not exactly what he appears to be....

In 2027, everyone is implanted with a chip which records everything they see. It is the end of judicial doubt, but not of crime....

New York-based tech company Clearview AI is working to identify and compile the faces of every human being on the planet. The firm claims that its database will serve as a force for good, helping to solve crimes and prevent espionage. But what if Cle...

Footage from a video camera found at the homicide scene of a John Doe, aka "Peeping Tommy", is matched with obtained footage from surveillance cameras to partially reconstruct the final days of the victim, a video voyeur, in an attempt to I.D. the vi...

Follows the real-life couple Jeff and Erica. The two avoid a court date by playing music in basements and exploring violence in the rain forests and ice caves of Washington State....

An Episcopal minister. 41 naval recruits. A zealous newspaper editor. A pandemic. A drag show. A beanstalk. The YMCA. A future president of the United States. This multiple screen installation looks at the 1919 Newport Sex Scandal....

In the century when we invented aviation, when we invented cinema, in an age when we can move more and see more than any other point in history why have we become so watchful and so performative? I Am A Spy is a film that observes this watchfulness....

When a popular internet streamer finds cryptic notes contained in his newly delivered video game, he uncovers a dark secret within his house....

The whole world is monitored, everywhere, all the time. Everyone gets points based on their actions. So some people eventually get close to 0....

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An hard work = awards fable for the young hearted of the 2020’s. Long live those who take the right path of aspartame....

This educational film "Shoplifting is Stealing" was produced by Charles Cahill and Associates in 1975. It discusses the issue of shoplifting and the various measures taken by retail stores to combat it. It highlights the significant financial losses ...