Swatted

Swatted

film/video
2018
21'
fr
Swatted by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Swatted by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis

Some game trolls in the United States make a sport of getting other players “swatted” live during the game. After finding out someone’s name and address and faking his/her caller ID, they make a bogus emergency call, and watch the SWAT team enter the house on the livestream. Swatted is a cinematic exploration of this phenomenon based on recordings of the emergency calls by offenders, YouTube videos of games and raids, and first-hand accounts of what it’s like to be swatted. Mesmerizing, almost surreal animations depict the strange borderland between game and reality.

 

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