The Revolution Against Death
Denmark2026documentary24'Short film competition
Joshua Oppenheimer, the director of the acclaimed ‘Act of Killing’, frequently confronts viewers with difficult moral dilemmas. In his new documentary, he explores human obsession with immortality. This time, he follows a community of American seniors who, faced with fear of loneliness and oblivion, are trying to preserve their identities forever through digital tools. The film, in a poetic style, shows how modern technologies are fuelling the latest chapter in humanity’s age-old quest to transcend the boundaries of death.
- directed by
- Joshua Oppenheimer
Two-time Oscar® nominee Joshua Oppenheimer’s debut feature, The Act of Killing (2014 Oscar® Nominee), won 72 awards, including a European Film Award, a BAFTA, and Asia Pacific Screen Award. His second film, The Look of Silence (2016 Oscar® Nominee), won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice. Since then, The Look of Silence also received 72 awards. In 2014, Oppenheimer was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Joshua makes his fiction debut with The End (2024), starring Tilda Swinton, & Michael Shannon. Joshua Oppenheimer has been a member of the jury at the Venice, Berlin, and Sundance Film Festivals.
- cinematography
- Svetlana Cvetko
- script
- Joshua Oppenheimer
- sound
- Henrik Garnov
- editing
- Niels Pagh Andersen
- production
- Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joshua Oppenheimer (End of the World Productions)
- Photo
