Experiencing Interruptions?

Nobody Wants to Fix Things Anymore

"Nobody Wants to Fix Things Anymore" is a short film about a lost man who finds a special rock.

The narrative uses AI generated images and speech, surveillance photographs, and original video to weave together a story of the search for a kindred spirit.

  • Joseph Wilcox
    Director
  • Joseph Wilcox
    Writer
  • Joseph Wilcox
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 10, 2023
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Onion City Film Festival
    Chicago, IL
    April 6, 2024
  • Slamdance Film Festival
    Park City, UT
    United States
    January 20, 2024
  • Screener Short Films
    London, England
    United Kingdom
    November 18, 2023
  • Fotogenia
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    November 24, 2023
  • Flat Earth Film Festival
    Austurvegur, Seyðisfjörður
    Iceland
    November 8, 2023
  • Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris
    Paris
    France
    October 14, 2023
  • Chroma Art Film Festival
    Miami, FL
    United States
    August 12, 2023
  • Heavy Manners Library
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    July 29, 2023
  • Festival Ecrã
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    June 29, 2023
  • West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival
    Morgantown, WV
    United States
    April 14, 2023
  • Lydian Stater
    Long Island City, NY
    United States
    March 10, 2023
Director Biography - Joseph Wilcox

By adopting the roles of image gatherer, documentarian, object-maker, and organizer, Joseph Wilcox explores how institutional control, political systems, and social power structures undermine individual & collective autonomy. He has been an artist-in-residence at the NARS Foundation, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, HATCH Projects at the Chicago Artists Coalition, and LATITUDE Chicago. Solo and two-person exhibitions include Lydian Stater (Queens, NY), Good Children Gallery (New Orleans, LA), and Chicago Artists Coalition (Chicago, IL) and screenings include Slamdance (Park City, UT), Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux (Paris), VIVO Media Arts Centre (Vancouver, BC), Art Düsseldorf (Germany), and Hong-Gah Museum (Taipei City). He received his MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design and his BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design. He lives and works in Brooklyn.

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