The Printer
In 2025, the majority of Beta, Gamma, and Omega citizens work inside everyday machines unseen by the elite Alpha class. One citizen worker makes the fatal mistake of contacting the woman he longs for on the other side.
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Emre MirzaDirector
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Emre MirzaWriter
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Emre MirzaProducer
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Claudine AvetyanProducer
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Cecil Von RennerKey Cast"Jakob"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3146479/
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Canan SuvatlarKey Cast"Freya Stubs"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6949850/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Adolfo AssorKey Cast"The Fax"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039891/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Lee WhiteKey Cast"Hal Co-worker 1"
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Daniel SteinerKey Cast"Kawalski Co-worker 2"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1340602/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Daniel SternKey Cast"The Manager "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8840643/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2
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Magdalena ThalmannKey Cast"Girl on Train"https://www.magdalena-thalmann.com/
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Florian FischerKey Cast"James - Officer Worker 1"
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Olivia Meyer MonteroKey Cast"Esperenza – Officer worker 2"
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Juliane SchlosserKey Cast"AI voice "
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Andreas BeltzerKey Cast"Roman 'the Romancer'"
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Stefan Ashton FrankKey Cast"Voice of the city"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004336/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Darja PilzDirector of PhotographyAsgaya, Sharaf
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Julia Deryabina & Kristian Bobzkyart directorArt Direction
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Ingoart directorProduction carpenter
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Sam Frankoriginal score
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Ingo aurichSound Recordist
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Rene BridgemanSound Design
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Olivia StubbeProduction Coordinator
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Danting ChanAssistant Director
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Zarak AfridiAssistant Director
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Benjamin De VuystCamera Department
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Alex DePewCamera Department
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David TullyCamera Department
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Anastasia IsupovaVFX
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama Sci-fi Suspense Romance
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Runtime:14 minutes 45 seconds
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Completion Date:October 14, 2021
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Production Budget:9,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Germany
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Country of Filming:Germany
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:4k Alexa , Sony A7s2
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Emre began his career in the UK as an Actor, ScreenWriter and Film editor and then followed onto Directing Commercials, Documentaries, and Feature films Internationally. As a 3rd culture kid, he grew up in cities like Los Angeles, Istanbul, Karachi, and Berlin and as a result, his work reflects many genres ranging from War journalism to Commercial advertising on projects for the BBC, Sundance Institute, Ogilvy, Red Bull, Coca Cola and CBS. As a Creative Producer, he now uses his experience to conceive and create stories with a multi-verse perspective.
In our rapidly changing world, A.I. is guiding us into an age of science- fiction. A time where our emotions and behavior will be augmented and modified through revolutionary new forms of software and hardware. We are changing so fast, that it’s hard to know the consequences that lie ahead with the rewiring of almost every aspect of our thinking.
In ‘The Printer’ we explore one such potential consequence of our transformation in the future not so far away. It is a world where mankind has tacitly accepted its fate within a carefully divided social hierarchy. Where what would be shocking to us now, has become absurdly normal to its inhabitants.
As it is in a not so distant future, much of the world looks the same yet, unusual details jump out to show how far away we have found ourselves. The aim is for the audience to look at the world around them differently after watching this film, with a heightened sense of how behavioral change creeps into our lives.
Just as in the film's story, 80% of the world works behind the theatrical exteriors of normal life, but it could be said in present-day, that those with wealth and affluence tend not to see the suffering of the poor and destitute.
The old lines of racism are being replaced by new divisions of classism and ‘the Printer’ takes us further down such a path, that may not be so far away. The aim of this film ultimately is as a cautionary tale about the choices in front of us and how beyond technology, there is a more primal struggle of the human spirit against our self-imposed oppression.