Even Asteroids Are Not Alone
Like roaming asteroids, we move through space: never alone, forming deep bonds along the way. Hundreds of thousands of online gamers mine, trade and fight their way through computer-generated galaxies far, far away from the world as we know it. In the vast and hostile world of New Eden, no one can really be trusted. How can one make friends in the depths of space? Weaving together the experiences of fourteen Eve Online players, we reveal an intimate story about the ability of online games to forge community and bridge the space between us.
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Jón Bjarki MagnússonDirector
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Jón Bjarki MagnússonWriter
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Hlín ÓlafsdóttirProducer
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Jón Bjarki MagnússonProducer
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Hlín ÓlafsdóttirArtistic advisor
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Haukur Már HelgasonArtistic advisorGe9n
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
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Runtime:17 minutes 11 seconds
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Completion Date:May 3, 2018
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Production Budget:5,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Iceland
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Country of Filming:Germany
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Language:English, Icelandic
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes
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EthnocinecaVienna
Austria
May 6, 2018
World Premiere
Nominated for the ESSA student awards -
Skjaldborg Documentary Film FestivalPatreksfjörður
Iceland
May 20, 2018
Icelandic premiere -
NAFA, Nordic Anthropological Film AssociationCluj Napoca
Romania
September 15, 2018
Romanian premiere -
Berlin Sci-Fi FilmfestBerlin
Germany
October 22, 2018
German premiere -
Etnoff, Festival of ethnographic student moviesSkopje
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
December 8, 2018
Macedonian premiere -
TransmedialeBerlin
Germany
February 2, 2019 -
Days of Ethnographic FilmLjubljana
Slovenia
March 8, 2019
Slovenian premiere -
RAI (Royal Anthropological Institute) film festivalBristol
United Kingdom
March 30, 2019
U.K. Premiere
RAI & Marsh Short Film Prize for ‘the most outstanding short film on social, cultural and biological anthropology or archaeology’ -
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile ISFFMinsk
Belarus
April 2, 2019
Belorusian premiere -
Data StoriesVolos
Greece
June 1, 2019
Greek Premiere -
G-FleetBerlin
Germany
September 13, 2019 -
LA CITTÀ-Antropologia applicata ai territorianFerrara
Italy
December 14, 2019
Italian Premiere -
RAI@USC 2020 FestivalLos Angeles
United States
March 6, 2020
U.S. Premire -
EVE FanfestReykjavík
Iceland
April 3, 2020 -
EtnografilmParis
France
April 24, 2020
French Premiere
Jón Bjarki Magnússon (b. 1984) is an anthropological filmmaker with a background in journalism and poetry. He studied creative writing at the University of Iceland and received his MA in Visual and Media Anthropology from Freie Universität, Berlin, in 2018. His works include journalism on the conditions of refugees and asylum-seekers in Iceland, a book of poetry, and a short film on friendship in cyberspace, which was awarded Royal Anthropological Institute´s (RAI) & Marsh Short Film Prize for ‘the most outstanding short film on social, cultural and biological anthropology or archaeology’.