Synopsis

How to Disappear is an anti-war movie in the true sense of the word, searching for possibility of peace in the most unlikely of places, an online war game. It is a tribute to disobedience and desertion, in both the digital and real worlds of warfare. Shot in the picturesque landscapes of Battlefield V, the film’s hyperreal graphics become the backdrop for an essayistic narrative. The film focuses the little-known history of deserters. Performances and creative interventions explore the scope and limits of the audiovisual entertainment machine.

Robin Klengel

Robin Klengel (1988, Graz) is an artist, illustrator and cultural anthropologist, living in Vienna and Graz. Since 2017, he has been the vice chairman of the interdisciplinary cultural centre Forum Stadtpark. He has won a number of prizes for his work, including the Vimeo Staff Pick Award, Best Austrian Film at the Vienna Shorts, the Audience Award at the Short Waves Festival and the Explorer Award at the A Maze. / Berlin.

Leonhard Müllner

Leonhard Müllner (1987, Graz) lives and works in Vienna as a visual artist and media researcher. He studied visual and media art in Linz, Leipzig, and Vienna and is currently writing his PhD thesis on a cultural studies topic. His work has screened internationally, winning a number of prizes, including the Vimeo Staff Pick Award, Best Austrian Film at Vienna Shorts, as well as awards at the Short Waves Festival and at the A Maze. / Berlin.

Michael Stumpf

Michael Stumpf was born in 1985 in the city of Wels, region of Upper Austria. He studied Philosophy at the University of Vienna and is currently studying Media, Art and Cultural Theory at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz. Michael Stumpf now works as a philosopher, designer and artist.