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Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. In front of the Arc of Triumph in Paris are clouds of thick smoke and people in yellow reflective vests. A middle-aged man wearing video equipment around his body stands in front of the camera. One of his hands is holding a one-foot-tall humanoid robot that wears a yellow cloth.

A.I. at War

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Programme: Techno Sapiens
Year: 2020
Director: Florent Marcie
Format: Digital / 107 min.
Language: Multiple (with English subtitles)
Audience: Everyone
Location: House 2
Accessibility: Wheelchair
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Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. In front of the Arc of Triumph in Paris are clouds of thick smoke and people in yellow reflective vests. A middle-aged man wearing video equipment around his body stands in front of the camera. One of his hands is holding a one-foot-tall humanoid robot that wears a yellow cloth.

A.I. at War

French director and documentarian Florent Marcie unfolds the relationship between man and machine in A.I at War. When Marcie meets Sota, a robot with artificial intelligence that claims to understand and simulate human thinking patterns, at a technology expo, he decides to take it to the war zones of Iraq and Syria, as well as the streets of Paris during the Yellow Vests protests.

A.I. at War follows Sota and the director’s journey to the front lines. From their encounters with different people, the duo is introduced to the cruelty of conflict and violence. As Marcie films the interaction between Sota and the humans they encounter, the robot simultaneously records the director's life, a reflection through its lens. This sobering yet humorous conversation between man and machine questions human existence: from what kind of world is artificial intelligence learning?

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. At the background are wreckages of buildings and shattered ruins. At the foreground, a humanoid robot with big round eyes and a smiling mouth sticks its head out into the frame.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Morituri Films

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. Standing in front of wreckages of buildings is a one-foot-tall humanoid robot with an olive-shaped head, big round eyes, exposed arm joints, and a dress-like lower body without legs. A man is bending over and watching it closely.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Morituri Films

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. Among a crowd in yellow reflective vests stands a middle-aged man wearing a google on his forehead. He has a bleeding sink-hole wound on his face, and blood runs down his cheek onto the gauze pad on his scarf. He is holding his camera up with intense focus.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo by © Stéphanie Burlot, courtesy of Morituri Films

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. In front of the Arc of Triumph in Paris stands a crowd in yellow reflective vests. At the roadside, a pile of wood planks is burning in raging fire, to which man is pushing a big pot of plant. At the foreground, a humanoid robot sticks its head out. It is wearing a yellow cloth has yellow stains on its face.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Morituri Films

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. In a studio, a long desk placed computers, clutter and cables, on which stands a one-foot-tall humanoid robot. A middle-aged man is sitting in front of the desk, bending over to the robot.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Morituri Films

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. At the background are wreckages of buildings and shattered ruins. At the foreground, a humanoid robot with big round eyes and a smiling mouth sticks its head out into the frame.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Morituri Films

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. Standing in front of wreckages of buildings is a one-foot-tall humanoid robot with an olive-shaped head, big round eyes, exposed arm joints, and a dress-like lower body without legs. A man is bending over and watching it closely.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Morituri Films

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. Among a crowd in yellow reflective vests stands a middle-aged man wearing a google on his forehead. He has a bleeding sink-hole wound on his face, and blood runs down his cheek onto the gauze pad on his scarf. He is holding his camera up with intense focus.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo by © Stéphanie Burlot, courtesy of Morituri Films

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. In front of the Arc of Triumph in Paris stands a crowd in yellow reflective vests. At the roadside, a pile of wood planks is burning in raging fire, to which man is pushing a big pot of plant. At the foreground, a humanoid robot sticks its head out. It is wearing a yellow cloth has yellow stains on its face.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Morituri Films

Still of documentary titled ‘A.I. at War’. In a studio, a long desk placed computers, clutter and cables, on which stands a one-foot-tall humanoid robot. A middle-aged man is sitting in front of the desk, bending over to the robot.

Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Morituri Films

About the Director

An experienced war reporter, Florent Marcie began to direct and produce documentaries on human tragedy and conflict in the 1990s, which reflects the influence of his war reporting practice. He released a short experimental film Saïa (2000), and a feature film Commander Khawani (2014) after spending his time in Afghanistan as a freelance journalist. In 2007, his second feature documentary, Itchkéri Kenti, les fils d'Itchkérie, received critical recognition for revealing the suffering of the Chechnyan. Marcie released the documentary Tomorrow Tripoli (2015) on the Libyan Revolution in 2011. The 2019 Athens Avant-garde Film Festival devoted a retrospective to his short and feature films.

Image at top: Florent Marcie. A.I. at War, 2020. Photo by © Éve Ray, courtesy of Morituri Films

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