FLUIDØ
a film by Shu Lea Cheang
FLUIDØ
a film by Shu Lea Cheang
Produced by Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion in coproduction with amard bird films
Narrative feature, 80 min, DE 2017
World Premiere at Berlinale 2017 - Panorama Section
FLUIDØ is VIRUS, SEX, HACK, DRUG & CONSPIRACY.
Set in the post-AIDS future of 2060, where the Government is the first to declare the era AIDS FREE, mutated AIDS viruses give birth to ZERO GEN - humans that have genetically evolved in a very unique way. These gender fluid ZERO GENs are the bio-drug carriers whose white fluid is the hypernarcotic for the 21st century, taking over the markets of the 20th century white powder high.
A new war on drugs begins and the ZERO GEN are declared illegal. The Government dispatches drug-resistant replicants for round-up arrest missions. When one of these government android's immunity breaks down and its pleasure centers are activated, the story becomes a tangled multi-thread plot and the ZERO GENs are caught among underground drug lords, glitched super agents, a scheming corporation and a corrupt government.
Distributor: Rapid Eyes Movies
World Sales: Raspberry & Cream
Festivals:
World Premiere: Berlinale Panorama 2017
Guadalajara IFF 2017
Bafici 2017
documenta Kassel 2017
L’Étrange Festival 2017
Split FF 2017
Perth International Queer FF 2017
Queer Lisboa 2017
Women Make Waves FF 2017
APO33 2017
Emmetrop Bourges 2017
La Boca Erótica FF 2018
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo 2018
MIX NYC Presents 2018
Cinéma Spoutnik Geneva 2018
Anthology Film Archives NYC 2018
Outview FF 2018
"Neo Ultra Punk" @ Institute of Contemporary Arts London 2018
BUT FF 2018
RPL Film Theatre & Dunlop Art Gallery 2019
Centro Cultural Azkuna Zentroa de Bilbao 2019
Scottish Queer IFF 2020
Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi 2020
