About a Hero

Werner Herzog must solve a death’s suspicious circumstances. He’s not only a legendary filmmaker, but is also an AI hallucination. So is the death. And the circumstances.

What would happen if we asked artificial intelligence to watch all of Werner Herzog’s films and create a new screenplay based on them? About a Hero is a film born from precisely such an experiment. When factory worker Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances in Getunkirchenburg, an AI-generated Herzog arrives to investigate her death. Soon, strange events begin to defy all logic – from a non-verbal witness statement to a sex scene with a toaster.

A hallucinatory experience that invites us to reconsider what originality and authenticity really mean in a world shaped by artificial intelligence. Are they even still possible?

The screening will be followed by an online Q&A with the director Piotr Winiewicz.

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