China is in the process of establishing a dictatorship based on Big Data. The film accompanies people who are fighting against an all-controlling surveillance system and in danger of being crushed by it. Thanks to exclusive and intimate access, this long-term observation shows the lives of several activists fighting for human rights, who live under extreme surveillance and traumatisation. At the same time, the film's scope broadens to include ordinary citizens whose daily behaviour is registered and evaluated by an experimental scoring system.
2023 20 CPH:DOX, Denmark movies that matter festival, The Netherlands 2023 38 DOK.fest Munich – nominated VFF Documentary Film Production Award 30 Hot Docs Toronto 28 IDFF It's All True | É Tudo Verdade Special Mention Tim Hethering Award – 30 Sheffield DocFest Millenium DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY 22 DOKFEST Prizren, Kosovo 31 FFHH – Filmfest Hamburg Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival 27 Ji.hlava IDFF 14 DOC NYC 2024 FIFDH Geneve German Documentary Award – 8 SWR Doku Festival 2025 GRIMME PRIZE section Information & Culture
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