Science. Art. Film.: Paprika

Abstract

Dreams begin to merge with the waking world when ‘sleep terrorists’ acquire technology that can control human minds. Dr Atsuko Chiba must enter the dreamscape to restore the boundary between imagination and reality.

Director Satoshi Kon’s psychedelic animation bends reality as it dives into questions of the collective unconscious.

Join us for a post-screening discussion about (researching) comics, consciousness and animated futures.

‘In the world of Japanese animation, which generally welcomes experimental weirdness, Kon is renowned for being particularly weird and experimental.’ – The Guardian

Presented as part of our Science. Art. Film. series in partnership with the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU. Show more