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  • Comment: There is a corresponding Wikipedia page in German; however, that is also unsourced. I tried to find sources for this one outside of what is in the draft and unfortunately cannot locate anything reliable that would show how this meets WP:NFILM. There may be non-English references but I am unable to search for those. CNMall41 (talk) 19:58, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Pixelschatten
official international poster
Directed byAnil Jacob Kunnel
Written byAnil Jacob Kunnel
Produced by
  • Gerd Haag
  • Kerstin Krieg
  • Frank Seyberth
  • Anil Jacob Kunnel
Starring
  • Ben Gageik
  • Zora Klostermann
  • Julia Globig
  • Adrian Thomser
  • Sven Gey
CinematographyMantas Jockus
Edited byIngo Monitor
Music byJosh Childs
Production
companies
  • Tag/Traum Filmproduktion
  • ZDF - Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
Distributed byGunpowder & Sky
Release date
  • March 30, 2011 (2011-03-30) (Berlin)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Pixelschatten is a 2011 German film that tells the story of a young blogger and his friends whose lives are derailed when he draws his followers into his narcissistic spiral. The film uses first-person point-of-view sequences, online-videos and user comments to visualize blog entries and user interactions. Pixelschatten was one of the first films to depict social media and decentralized virtual identities within a fictional setting.[1]

Plot

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Two years after graduating from high school, small-town blogger and influencer Paul, known as Pixel, realizes that the public interest in his online-diary "Pixelschatten" has faded away. Seeking attention, he reveals more candid details about his friends Lutz and Dunia and about his girlfriend Suse in his blog entries. The three are so irritated that they further turn away from him. Paul then decides to cut off all ties and disappears without a trace. His last message is a blog entry with an intimate video of himself and Suse. Weeks later, Dunia, Lutz and Suse have grown apart with each one of them dealing with Paul's sudden disappearance in their own ways. One day, Dunia uses Paul's "Pixelschatten" login data to tease a sign of life out of him. The entry gets a lot of attention as many readers believe Paul has returned and is alive and well. Dunia persuades Lutz, and later Suse, to use Paul's identity to communicate their grief over his disappearance. With the new attention, and in disguise, they manage to complete Paul's dream and finally turn the blog into a popular community project. They organize a local festival named "Pixelfest" as a final measure to convince Paul to come back. When he does not show up, they publically reveal the truth about his unsolved disappearance and the last blog entries. With newly formed bonds, Lutz, Dunia and Suse part ways as Suse moves to Norway for a study abroad year.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Pixelschatten – Kritik zum Film bei Tittelbach.tv".
  2. ^ "A ★★★★ review of Pixelschatten (2012)".
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  • [1] (Amazon Prime Official Streaming)

Category:2011 films Category:2014 films Category:Films about the Internet Category:Films about social media Category:Films shot from the first-person perspective Category:German independent films Category:Films about narcissism