Machines Like Us: Desires and Technology in German Cinema

Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre 
Date: 2021.04.18 - 2021.04.21
Price: HK$80 / HK$64* 
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Since the invention of the first stone tools nearly two million years ago up to the present digital era, technology has always been the means that humans use to fulfill desires, obtain resources, modify the world and explore possibilities. Film is also one of the means - by cinematically realising imaginations and establishing human connections.

Co-presented by Goethe-Institut Hongkong and the Hong Kong Arts Centre, this film showcase serves as an introduction to German science fiction films from the 1920s up till now, and encourages our audience to observe how technologies have evolved over time in cinema and in our greater world to meet human desires. This programme involves discourses on gender, politics, society, culture and other areas over the course of history. While it traces how the ancient dream of creation connects with today’s world, it also illustrates how the human condition and our surroundings have been shaped by technological innovations.