NFF 2024 presents: Tech-noir

The diverse ways in which aspects of film noir were and still are incorporated not only into the subgenres of drama, thriller or crime film are at the core of the festival’s program. The fluidity of noir has also been demonstrated in the past in noir westerns or historicizing films. The playful work of the Coen brothers has also shown the audience the attractive possibilities of fusing noir with other genres (including comedy). This year, the form of noir stories that merge with visions of a future dominated by modern technology is finally coming into its own. A future that, in the filmmakers‘ view, has not been too kind to predictions about the state of planet Earth and human existence. We can see the value in a fact that the futuristic visions of films produced in the 1980s and 1990s can now be approached with a critical distance and an awareness of the real technological advances that have occurred since then.

Jana Bébarová