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Directed by | Ricard Gras |
Produced by | David Matamoros, Claudia Salcedo, Ricard Gras, Luis de la Madrid |
Starring | Irina Sanjeevan, Eduard Alejandre, Roger Batalla, Nico Baixas |
Edited by | Jordi Lopez |
Music by | Oscar Kaiser |
Production company | Zentropa International Spain |
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Vlogger is a 2011 political thriller produced by Zentropa International Spain. The film, shot in the Catalan language, features heavy use of machinima.[1]
The film centers on Tania, a Pakistani-born computer specialist working in Barcelona who learns that her missing twin brother, Osman, has returned to playing the video game Half-Life. Soon she learns the terrible truth that her brother has been recruited into a terrorist organization and plans to become a suicide bomber. With just six days before his terrorist mission takes place, she begins exploring the virtual world of Half-Life using an avatar in order to find him and prevent the bombing.[2]
The film combines animated footage shot inside virtual worlds (Machinima) with live footage from webcams and has a strong transmedia element. The project was possible thanks to winning an ICAA New Media Fund 2010 Competition. It was the debut film of Catalan born director Ricard Gras.[3]
International distribution was handled by TrustNordisk.[3]
Vlogger ran at the 2011 Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Catalonia.[2]