Automata

Automata is the eerie blackhumoured story of Henry the last in a long line of duck hunters The film examines the connection between hunter and prey and obsession in the face of extinction It posits the question what would happen to someone at the tipping point the moment where they are directly responsible for the extinction of an entire species Duck hunting in Australia is a very contentious issue and every year hunters and protesters clash The experimental side is evidenced with the lack of dialog nonlinear narrative and a score by Belgian sound designer Christina Clar The majority of the sound tracking and design was completed before the edit in Australia thus reversing the usual process The sound post production was completed in Brussels and includes recordings from deep within remote caves