The World Without Them

Switzerland / United Kingdom, March 2025
FILM, Animation, Experimental, 9 min.

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directed by
Annelore Schneider, Claude Piguet
Written by
Annelore Schneider
Status
In distribution

This documentary-based video examines the extinction of stock footage images. The narrator provides commentary on the images’ behaviour, intricate habits, and the challenges that put them on the endangered species list. These images are part of our visual cultural DNA, for better or worse, perpetuating bias and stereotypes. They are an archive of the present that is currently feeding AI datasets and generating the next generation of images.

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World Premiere
March 2025
Original Version
English,  colour, DCP, 9 min.
Production
collectif_fact / Annelore Schneider & Claude Piguet
Producer
Annelore Schneider, Claude Piguet
directed by
Annelore Schneider, Claude Piguet
Written by
Annelore Schneider
Editing
Annelore Schneider, Claude Piguet
Animation
Annelore Schneider, Claude Piguet
Techniques
2D Computer animation

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