IDFA 2015
The Visit
Michael Madsen
Denmark, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Austria
2015
85 min
n.a.
We’ve been fantasizing about an extraterrestrial visit for decades, but what would happen if it actually took place? How would we cope? Should we be afraid? These and many other questions are addressed in this philosophical film about a hypothetical initial contact with aliens. Scientists and space affairs specialists at the UN and NASA and in the British government cooperate in this cinematic simulation of the undoubtedly exciting meeting between extraterrestrial life and humanity. The interviewees speak directly to the unknown entities as if they’ve already arrived. From their own fields – politics, theology, sociology, biology or space science – they ask probing questions. What are you doing here? Do you have a sense of right and wrong? Do you carry bacteria that could make us sick? Are we hazardous to your immune system? Information specialists in the British government show how a first summit in this situation could go. How do you inform the public? Will countries work together? Is there a danger involved? Above all, the alien visit raises questions about the relation between our own history of exploration, colonization and warfare, and the expectations with which we approach the unknown.
Credits
World Sales
Autlook Filmsales
Autlook Filmsales
Screening copy
Cinemien
Cinemien
Distribution for the Netherlands
Cinemien
Cinemien
Director
Production
Co-production
Indie Film,
Mouka Filmi,
Venom Film,
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH
Indie Film,
Mouka Filmi,
Venom Film,
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH
Cinematography
Editing
Sound Design
Involved TV Channel
DR Sales,
SVT,
YLE,
VPRO
DR Sales,
SVT,
YLE,
VPRO