Austria | 2022 | 21 min |  English | Animation |  Hebrew and English subtitles

An ethnographic exploration of the work and life realities of non-player characters, the digital extras in video games. Their labour loops, activity patterns as well as bugs and malfunctions paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.

Directors/Screenplay/Production/Cinematography/Sound Recording/Editing: Total Refusal (Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf)
Sound Design: Bernhard Zorzi
Original Score: Adrian Haim
Cast: A_F_M_ASBtownfolk_02 as “The Street Sweeper”, A_F_M_SDslums_02 as “The Laundress”, A_M_M_NBXdockworkers_01 as “The Carpenter”, A_M_M_VALlaorer_01 as “The Stable Hand”
Narrator: Jacob Baniga
Supporting Funds: the Kunstraum Steiermark stipend (Land Steiermark), Kunsthaus Graz 
Festivals: Locarno International Film Festival (Schweiz, August 2022) - Pardi di domani Best Direction Award & Junior Jury Award; Filmmaker Film Festival (Italy, November 2022) - Premio della Giuria Award; Best Austrian Animation Festival (Austria, December 2022) - Best Austrian Animation ASIFA Award + Audience Award; IFF FEBIOFEST Bratislava (Slovakia, March 2023) - Best Short Film; Athens International Film + Video Festival (Greece, April 2023) - Directors Prize; Séquence Short Film Festival (France, December 2023) Winner of the European Short Film Award.