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Infection

Short Film (Full Length) – 1999

PG

Parental Guidance

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In James Cunningham’s award-winning short a mutant three-fingered hand attempts a brash virtual heist, seeking to wipe a student loan debt in a government databank. The “digital action thriller” was a third collaboration between Cunningham and producer Paul Swadel. Infection’s fast-paced action, humour, and (then) state-of-the-art 3D CGI rendering (punctured eyeballs, hypodermic needles) was in confident contrast to the realist Kiwi short film tradition. Infection won selection in competition at Cannes, Sundance, and numerous other international festivals.

Computer graphics are out to make a killing.
– Sundance tagline for the film

Key Cast & Crew

Paul Swadel

Producer

James Cunningham

Writer, Director, Animator

Michael Hedges

Sound - Re-recording Mixer

Joost Langeveld

Composer

Dave Whitehead

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Produced by

Supercollider

Source

New Zealand Film Commission

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