VAF Artist Short films

Viborg Animation Festival is proud to present the VAF Artist of 2024 – Austrian artist and filmmaking collective, Total Refusal.

By upcycling AAA video games like Red Dead Redemption, Battlefield and Grand Theft Auto, the self-proclaimed pseudo-Marxist media guerrilla group aims to reveal the political apparatus beyond the glossy and hyperreal textures of this media. Through in-game performances, exhibitions and Machinima short films Total Refusal challenges the game design put forward by game producers and industry.

The shortfilm selection is a thought-provoking experience that takes the viewer of a journey through well-know games and cityscapes but changes the perspective and narrative.