SKINNED

Mike Hoolboom • Canada • 2021 • 9 min.

Mike Hoolboom
Canada • 2021 • 9 min.

SYNOPSIS

A terrible virus finally brings down the internet, and humans look out from the wreckage in the aftermath. Five weigh in with personal recollections: pensive, disbelieving, grieving, philosophical. 
We used to have movie stars and famous musicians. Now we had each other.

TRAILER

AWARDS

Honorable Mention
Dubai Film Festival. United Arab Emirates (2023)
Best Experimental Short Film
Malatesta Short Film Festival. Italy (2023)

FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen / Int. Competition / Geo-blocked. Germany (2021)
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. Canada (2021)
Uppsala International Shorts Film Festival. Sweden (2021)
KFFK | Kurzfilmfestival Köln. Germany (2021)
Márgenes Independent Film Festival. Spain (2021)
BISFF | Beijing International Short Film Festival. China (2021)
Minimalen Kortfilmfestival. Norway (2022)
Filmreihe Köln | FUTURE Short Film Program | “Communication and Ecology”. Germany (2022)
Union Docs. United States (2021)
FestiFreak Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata. Argentina, (2022)
Cineteca Madrid. Spain (2023)
Video Art Miden. Greece (2023)
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival. United States (2023)
Odds and Ends Experimental Film Festival. United States (2023)
Winter Leopard International Festival. Sweden (2023)

CREDITS

DIRECTOR
Mike Hoolboom

SCREENWRITER
Mike Hoolboom

PRODUCER
Mike Hoolboom

SOUND
Mike Hoolboom

EDITING
Mike Hoolboom

FESTIVALS
María Vera (Kino Rebelde)