Hardly Working (2022)
An ethnographic exploration of the work and daily life of non-player characters, the digital extras in video games. Their labor loops, activity patterns as well as bugs and malfunctions paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.
- Date of release
- 2022-08-03
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 21m
- Genres
- Animation, Documentary
- Director
- Susanna Flock, Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf
Casting
- A_F_M_ASBtownfolk_02 — "The Street Sweeper"
- A_F_M_SDslums_02 — "The Laundress"
- A_M_M_NBXdockworkers_01 — "The Carpenter"
- A_M_M_VALlaborer_01 — "The Stable Hand"
- Jacob Banigan — Narrator
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: European Film Award for Best Short Film
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