Desert of the Real

Composer and filmmaker Christian von Borries' new film Desert of the real visits these contemporary wastelands. In a rich collage of acted scenes and documentary footage, he extends the metaphor of the wasteland to today's medial reality. At the heart of so many holographic simulations and replicas, in a world custom-made for selfie and instagram tweets, he reveals emptiness and potential violence. (David Riff) The only way to trace the distinction between the semblance and the Real is, precisely, to STAGE it in a fake spectacle.

• Christian von BorriesWriter
• Christian von BorriesDirector

• Valeria LukyanovaCast
• James N. Kienitz WilkinsCast
• Eugenia CooneyCast
• Essena O'NeillCast
• Nastya ZhidkovaCast
• Jülide BozdogaCast
• Frank GeierCast
• Isabella HunstigerCast
• Damia KleemeyerCast
• Johanna MaleckiCast
• Luisa TarazchorusCast
• Katrin ThiemerCast