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IDFA 2024

Drift

Nienke Huitenga, Hay Kranen, Lieven Heeremans
Netherlands
2024
750 min
World Premiere
IDFA DocLab Program & Competition, IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling
Festival history

It’s 2024, or—time doesn’t actually matter so much—2529: an octopus as narrator, old dikes that once formed the contours of land. In a generative audio experience, a podcast that is not a podcast, Drift connects rising sea levels and the climate crisis to the rise of AI.

This story world combines the imaginary with factual sources, such as the IPCC climate report and real-time weather forecasts by the Dutch meteorological institute. In a distant future, society has learned hard lessons from environmental neglect. Due to pollution and rising sea levels, the Netherlands, such as it once was, no longer exists. The waters have now been injected with AI. A techno-liquid environment serves as a living repository of knowledge, merging ancient wisdom with futuristic insights. Technology and nature combine to create a new reality that the listener can drift through.

DRIFT LIVE!
Please join us for a live podcast jam session. Imagine a podcast merging into an AI sound experiment that leads you to the doors of a Waterdam nightclub.

When: Tuesday, November 19, 21:00 - 22:30 at @droog
RSVP: Eventbrite

Credits
Director
Key collaborator
    Frank Versteegen,
    Iza Marley,
    Dino Steenbeek,
    Michael Tjia
    Frank Versteegen,
    Iza Marley,
    Dino Steenbeek,
    Michael Tjia
Production
    Studio ZZZAP
    Studio ZZZAP
Co-production
    Abel Enklaar for VPRO Medialab
    Abel Enklaar for VPRO Medialab
Sound Design
Music
    Mark IJzerman,
    Suzie Hagens
    Mark IJzerman,
    Suzie Hagens
Screenplay
    Minem Sezgin
    Minem Sezgin
Narrator
    Shana Bossmann
    Shana Bossmann
Involved TV Channel
    VPRO
    VPRO
Distribution for the Netherlands
    Abel Enklaar for VPRO Medialab
    Abel Enklaar for VPRO Medialab