Afterschool

(USA, 2008, 106 mins)

35mm

Wisconsin Premiere

director of photography: Jody Lee Lipes
editor: Antonio Campos
production sound: Micah Bloomberg
production designer: Kris Moran
costume designer: Catherine Akana
executive producer: Andrew Renzi, Victor Aaron, Susan Shopmaker, Rose Ganguzza
producer: Josh Mond And Sean Durkin
co-producer: Jesse Ozeri
associate producer: Andrew Corkin
production company: Borderline Films, Hidden St. Productions
production company: Borderline Films
cast: Ezra Miller, Jeremy White, Emory Cohen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Addison Timlin, Rosemarie Dewitt, Lee Wilkof, Paul Sparks, Bill Raymond, Gary Wilmes, Christopher McCann

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At a New England boarding school, Rob passes the time obsessively watching viral videos, downing prescription medication, and quietly avoiding his guidance counselor. Too withdrawn to even qualify as a nerd, he winds up in the AV club, where he can explore his fledgling fascination with video. It is an exploration of teenage angst in the YouTube generation, isolated from their distant families but routinely witnessing moments of intense violence or intimacy by total strangers online. This film captures the queasy awkwardness of high school with excruciating accuracy — you won’t find The Breakfast Club roaming these halls. This is the first feature-length film from wunderkind Antonio Campos, who is already a three time Cannes veteran at 25. With the slow-burn pacing of Gus Van Sant, pointed social critique of Michael Haneke, and confident widescreen framing, this remarkably assured debut establishes Campos as a director to watch. “Combines the timeless bewilderment of adolescence with a very contemporary recognition that for many of us — not least adolescents — reality is now largely a virtual experience.” — Dennis Lim, New York Times. No ordinary coming-of-age film, Afterschool demonstrates with disturbing clarity that the kids aren’t alright. Nominated for the 2009 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. 2008 Cannes and New York Film Festivals. Viewer discretion advised.

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