Le festival du film de Sundance 2017, 33 e édition du festival (33rd Sundance Film Festival), organisé par le Sundance Institute, s'est déroulé du 19 au 29 janvier 2017 [22], This article is about the 2017 documentary film. Unrest VR is an interactive non-fiction experience inspired by Jennifer Brea’s feature documentary Unrest (Sundance 2017 Special Jury Award). The film aired in the United States as part of the Independent Lens series on the Public Broadcasting Service in January 2018. The film was primarily funded through a Kickstarter campaign which raised $212,962. Arnaud Colinart is a producer at AGAT Films & Cie / EX NIHILO. The questionable reason that government doctor Per Fink offers for tearing families apart is that viewing CFS as strictly psychological is “more interesting” to him. A largely mysterious condition that reportedly afflicts as many as 17 million people worldwide, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome still flummoxes most physicians, and remains frequently dismissed as a psychosomatic “illness” — including by some nations. He founded the start-up AudioGaming focused on creating innovative audio technologies and immersive experiences. Unrest[3] is a first-person story of resilience in the face of life-altering loss, exploring how we treat people with illnesses we do not yet understand — how confronting the fragility of life teaches us its value and, ultimately, how we all have the need to find community and connection. A graduate from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Katherine has dedicated her life to the arts both through philanthropy and through her own personal studies in photography. It’s gracefully edited by Kim Roberts and Emiliano Battista, with Bear McCreary contributing an affecting, string-based score. More Details. Patients are shown to have come up with numerous home-remedy “cures” (most of a dietary nature), most of which have fleeting impact at best. More successful are Brea’s efforts at orchestrating heightened awareness for a syndrome that still attracts considerable public skepticism, and whose medical research is poorly funded as a result. Unrest is a 2017 documentary film produced and directed by Jennifer Brea. An immersive journey into Jen’s experience of an invisible illness, myalgic encephalomyelitis, the project contrasts the painful solitary confinement of a bedroom world with the kinetic freedom of an inner dreamscape. "[20], Unrest was shortlisted for the Academy Award for best documentary feature,[21] but was not one of the final five nominations. The Los Angeles Times called the film, "sensitive and arresting rally cry for increased awareness about this disease, and an existential exploration of the meaning of life while battling a crippling chronic illness...remarkably intimate, deeply edifying and a stirring call to action. Documentary Special Jury Award For Editing", "Audience Award For Best Documentary Feature", "Nashville Film Festival Announces: 2017 Feature Award Winners - Nashville Film Festival", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unrest_(2017_film)&oldid=984003792, Documentary films about the history of science, Documentary films about people with disability, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 October 2020, at 15:52. Genres. [6] The film is a combination of professionally shot vérité, self-filmed iPhone videos, and interviews conducted via Skype. Jennifer Brea is a Harvard PhD student about to marry the love of her life, when she is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden. She is a Sundance Fellow and has been supported by the Sundance Edit & Story Lab, Sundance Catalyst Forum, IFP's Filmmaker Lab, and the Fledgling Lab. He is particularly interested in applying new technologies and interactive mechanisms in the conception of narrative works, whether documentary or fiction. [17][18] It became available to view on Netflix on January 15, 2018. Katherine is an active member of her family's foundation and has dedicated her philanthropic work to bringing art and social change together, with an emphasis in female empowerment and providing a platform for women's stories be heard. In 2012 she directed and produced the feature documentary Lost and Sound, which follows three musicians as they try to rediscover music after hearing loss. He’s been a speaker for international events like GDC in San Francisco and Sundance New Frontier. For the 2006 horror film, see, 2017 RiverRun International Film Festival, "Interview: Jennifer Brea Talks About Obstacles, Adjustments, and Inspiration", "Jennifer Brea Filmed Her Sundance Premiere Without Leaving Bed — And it Saved Her Life", "2017 Sundance Film Festival: Competition And Next Lineup Announced", "Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Jennifer Brea - Unrest", "Sundance Film Festival - Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea", "Entrepreneur Needed To Cure Anti-Initiative Disease", "Snapshots from Sundance: Mark Hamill gets some lines, goldfish in a pool charm jurors", "Sundance 2017: 'Unrest' Is An Emotional Look At Human Strength", "Sundance: Medical Mystery Doc Unrest Nabbed by PBS (Exclusive)", "PBS' Independent Lens Announces Season 16 Slate (EXCLUSIVE)", "The time is here! Among those given a podium here (through both Skype chats and location footage principally from the documentary’s two d.p.’s) are Georgia housewife Leeray, whose husband left her because he thought he was acting as a “crutch” for an imaginary illness. Son documentaire, Unrest, présenté en première au Sundance Film Festival en janvier, a remporté un Prix Spécial du Jury. [1][2] The film tells the story of how Jennifer and her new husband faced an illness that struck Jennifer just before they married. Her special interest was large and complex health systems; she travelled extensively helping to establish effective delivery systems. Amaury is also an adjunct lecturer for National French School of Interactive Media and founded Novelab, a creative studio focused on creating interactive experiences. 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She is a regular mentor and Q&A host at SXSW Film Festival and Sheffield Doc/Fest, a recent Filmmaker-In-Residence at Jacob Burns Film Center, and founder of Little By Little Films. The film currently may be viewed on Netflix, Amazon and iTunes as well as through other outlets. Narrating her own tale of drastic, inexplicable loss (medical science still doesn’t know what causes CFS) and necessarily sporadic attempts to fight back, Brea starts out by painting a picture of the person she used to be: an inveterate world traveler, among other things, interested in sampling every culture and experience.