Discarnate: McLuhan’s Wake
Discarnate: McLuhan's Wake masterfully integrates scientific articles, intellectual discourse, interviews, and archival footage, skilfully juxtaposing McLuhan’s historical insights. This dynamic fusion powerfully underscores the enduring relevance and paramount importance of McLuhan’s intellectual concepts in shaping today’s human condition. The film compellingly argues for its worthiness of a film award, offering a potent testament to the profound impact of McLuhan’s ideas on the intricate interplay between humanity and technology in the contemporary world.
Our Felicitations!
Dieter Wieczorek, Festival Director
Festival international Signes de Nuit (Paris)
Discarnate: McLuhan's Wake took me over five years to make, but undoubtedly it is one of my most important and thought-provoking films. This experimental documentary focuses on Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan and his ideas on identifying and studying how different forms of communication shape our society. The film features academic interviews, re-enactments of McLuhan (featuring Regina actor George Grassick), and contemporary footage of our technologically dominant culture - all attempting to exemplify McLuhan's famous phrase, "the medium is the message." By raising awareness of how technology affects everything from personal identity to our concept of consciousness itself, the film serves as a compelling reminder of the impact technology has on our world. The film has been selected to screen at multiple international film festivals and has won numerous awards in the Best Experimental Film category.
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Awards and Screenings
Selected: Academia Film Olomouc, (Olomouc, Czechia), Festival of Science Documentary Films (Special Invitation), April, 2024. IMDb
WINNER: Jury Award at 21° Festival international Signes de Nuit - at Paris, (France), 2023
WINNER: Europe Film Festival UK, (London, England), Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
WINNER: Istanbul Film Festival, (Istanbul), Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
WINNER: Couch International Film Festival (Toronto, ON), Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
WINNER: Sweden Film Awards, (Sweden), Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
WINNER: Paradise Film Festival, (Budapest, Hungary), Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
FINALIST: Anatolia International Film Festival, (Turkey), Best Experimental Film, 2023, IMDb
SEMI-FINALIST: Small Axe Radical Short Film Awards, (Tolpuddle, England), Best Experimental Film, 2022
Selected: ETHNOGRAFILM Festival - International Science Council, (Paris, France), Experimental Film, 2023
Selected to screen at an international virtual conference (NOV 4) organized by GIRES (Global Institute for Research, Education and Scholarship). Conference name was titled: 'Concentration and Distraction: Education, Literature and Mass Communication in the 21st Century’, 2023
Selected, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, (Greece), Honorable Mention, Best Experimental Film, 2023, IMDb
Selected, Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival, Best Experimental Film, 2023, IMDb
Selected, Boden International Film Festival (Sweden), Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
Selected, Cannes Shorts Film Festival, (France), Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
Selected, Golden Short Film Festival (Avezzano, Italy) Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
Selected, VIII Festival Cinemistica, (Granada, Spain), Best Experimental Film, 2022
Selected, Stockholm City Film Festival, (Sweden), Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
Selected, Regina International Film Festival & Awards, (Regina, SK), Best Experimental Film, 2022, IMDb
Selected to screen at the Media Ecology Association Convention at Fordham University, USA, June, 20023
Distribution
MovingImages Distribution, Vancouver, BC, 2023