Home Invasion

a film by

United Kingdom / 90' / 02/2023 / documentary

A nightmarish essay film on the history of the doorbell, tracing its invention and constant reinventions through 19th century labor struggles, the nascent years of narrative cinema, and contemporary surveillance cultures.

“Home Invasion paints a terrifying portrait of technological ideologies and imaginaries shaping our everyday lives, staging a confrontation with the reality of machines and systems that work against us, hindering the emergence of radical futures.”
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“Home Invasion paints a terrifying portrait of technological ideologies and imaginaries shaping our everyday lives, staging a confrontation with the reality of machines and systems that work against us, hindering the emergence of radical futures.”
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Graeme Arnfield

Biography

Graeme Arnfield is an artist filmmaker and composer living in London, raised in Cheshire, UK. Producing sensory essay films from networked imagery his films use methods of investigative storytelling to explore issues of technology, ecology and history. Research topics have included: the politics of digital networks, the distribution of ecological matter such as peat and asbestos and the adaptive circulation of global and local histories. His work has been presented worldwide including Berlinale Forum Expanded, IFFR, Courtisane Festival, Open City Documentary Festival, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, Sonic Acts Festival, European Media Arts Festival, Transmediale, IMPAKT Festival, Kasseler Dokfest, Plastik Festival, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, LUX, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Berlinische Gallerie, Signal Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery and on e-flux & Vdrome. He graduated with a Masters in Experimental Cinema at Kingston University.

Filmography

• Pervading Animal (30:37, 2021)
• The Phantom Menace (36:32, 2019)
• Pedigree (21:30, 2018)
• Shouting at the Ground (17:28, 2017)
• Asbestos (19:30, 2016, made in collaboration with Sasha Litvintseva)
• Colossal Cave (11:12, 2016)
• Sitting in Darkness (15:29, 2015)

Crew

Director: Graeme Arnfield
Screenplay: Graeme Arnfield
Producer: Graeme Arnfield
Sound Design: Baudoin Oosterlynck, Sarah Naylor
Editor: Graeme Arnfield

Festivals

  • Berlinale, Germany (16 – 26 February, 2023)
    Forum Expanded
  • Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, UK (3 – 5 March, 2023)
    Official Selection

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Press materials

EPK: Click here

Stills, poster & directors photo: Click here

Dialogue list English: Click here

Trailer: Click here

Excerpts: Click here