Agrilogistics, 2022
Film – 21 min

 

Synopsis:

Agrilogistics looks at recent technological transformations in contemporary industrial agriculture. Tulip bulbs, chrysanthemum stems and vine tomatoes are processed through cameras, feeding datasets that regulate their own growth. During the day, the greenhouse is a cinematic device, an automated film set optimized for the mass production of fruits and flowers. At night, the factory stops: without an inside or an outside, the greenhouse becomes an oneiric chamber where plants, animals and machines form new entanglements.

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Technical Details:

Title: Agrilogistics
Year: 2022
Duration: 21 min
Country: United Kingdom and Spain
Format: AppleProRes444/DCP, Dolby 5.1

Screenings:

World Premiere at Berlinale Shorts Oficial


Jury Award: Best National Film at Documenta Madrid (Madrid, SP)

Cinéma du Réel (Paris, FR) – International Selection
GoShort (Neijmegen, NL) – International Selection
PlayDoc (Tui, SP) – International Selection
D'A (Barcelona, SP) – Un Impulso Colectivo
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt (Frankfurt, GE) – International Short Selection
Leiden Shorts (Leiden, NL) – Official Selection
Manlleu Film Festival (Manlleu, SP)– National Selection
KVIFF (Karlovy Vary, CZ)– Imagina
Sarajevo Film Festival (Sarajevo, B&H) – European Short Film
Black Canvas (México DF, MX) – Nuevo Horizonte Cortometrajes
Curtas Vila do Conde (Vila do Conde, PT) – Official Selection
Film Festival Heceg Novi (Montenegro, MNE) –  International Selection
HKIFF (Hong Kong, HK) – Short Film Competition
Interaction: Short Docs Festival (Požega, CS) –  Commpetition
Film Fest Ghent (Ghent, BE) – International Short Film Competition
Curtocircuíto (Santiago de Compostela, SP) – Radar
BIEFF (Bucharest, RO) –  International Short Film Competition
AFFR (Rotterdam, NL) –  Shorts
RIFF (Reykjavík, IS) –  International Shorts
HIFF (Helsinki, FI) –  Oficial Selection
Kasseler Dokfest (Kassel, GE) – Kurzfilmprogramme
Lo Schermo dell'Arte (Florence, IT) – Official Selection
FICX (Xixon, SP) – Selección Oficial de Cortometrajes
dokART Zukunftstreff (Neubrandenburg, GE) –  Shorts
Márgenes (Madrid, SP) –  Postnaturalismos
First Look (New York, USA) –  Science on screen
Alpha (MILC, online) –  Official Selection
IndieLisboa (Lisbon, PT) –  Silvestre Focus
Filmer le travail (Poitiers, FR) –  Official Selection
Syncro (Buenos Aires, AR) –  Official Selection

        

Poster:
By Cristina Daura


Downloads:

Press Kit (PDF)

Credits:

Editors: Maddi Barber, Mirari Echávarri, Gerard Ortín Castellví
Sound: Oriol Campi Solé
Co-producer: Vivianne Jorritsma
Consulting Producer: Sabine Groenewegen
Animal Handling: Roel Ruwaard & Nico van der Velden
Robot operation: Jochen Hemming (Agrofood Robotics, WUR)
Color grading: Stef Colosi (OK Studio)

With the support of:

La Capella – BCN Producció 2021

With the collaboration of:
Goldsmiths, University of London
Art Research
Time-based Media Lab
Artists' film & Moving Image
And:
Wageningen University

Many thanks to:

Ros Gray
Wood Roberdeau
Krista Lynes
Yayo Herrero
Mark Tilzey
Maria Puig de la Bellacasa
Dimitris Papadopoulos
Santiago Rivas
Ariadna Serrahima
Guillem Serrahima
Sangbum Ahn
Anna Moreno
Daniel Jacoby
Jaume Ferrete
Maddi Barber
Ainara Elgoibar
Usue Arrieta
Irati Gorostidi
Sarah Pearce
Goldsmiths Time Based Media Team
Goldsmiths Art Research cohort
Goldsmiths Artists' Film & Moving Image 2018-2019 cohort
Daniel Steegman Mangrané
Mercedes Mangrané
Jessica Sarah Rinland
Jochen Hemming
Michel Ijzerman
Emanuele Correani
Chris Uiterwijk
Roel Ypma
Reinout Hellenthal
Gerrit Kamstra
Ruud Slot
Wiebe Lamsma
Stefan Dingemanse
Lucia Moreno
Francesc Serra
Claudia Pagès
Bianca Hlywa

Yvonne van der Drift (Deliflor)
Andreas Hofland (Hortikey)
Paul Blom (ISO Group)
Dennis van Dijk (Logiqs)