First Look Teaser for ‘Veni Vidi Vici’ Film Premiering at Sundance 2024
by Alex Billington
January 12, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Go ahead and run! I know what you look like!” Magnify Films has revealed the first look teaser trailer for a Sundance film called Veni Vidi Vici, from filmmakers Daniel Hoesl & Julia Niemann. This Austrian film is premiering in the “World Cinema Dramatic Competition” section at Sundance 2024 this month. Apparently it’s commentary on the uber-rich, using a familiar idea in The Hunt and/or the classic “The Most Dangerous Game”. The Maynards and their children lead an almost perfect billionaire family life. Amon is a passionate hunter, but doesn’t shoot animals, as the family’s wealth allows them to live totally free from consequences. So he hunts humans. The cast includes Laurence Rupp, Ursina Lardi, Olivia Goschler, Kyra Kraus, Tamaki Uchida, and Dominik Warta. The filmmaker explains why: “The situation is serious… To create a parable, you have to exaggerate, paradoxically enough.” This looks disquieting, with much more stronger commentary worked in about how these super rich assholes can get away with anything. Scary. Really scary.
Here’s the first look teaser trailer for Daniel Hoesl & Julia Niemann’s Veni Vidi Vici, direct from YouTube:
Via Sundance: “In this social satire, directors Daniel Hoesl & Julia Niemann push the rich’s untouchability to an extreme, revealing the consequences of an unchecked system and the dangers of a world where people are not accountable for their actions. The Maynards cannot be stopped, not by another man’s word, or journalistic evidence, or even the law. Now there’s only freedom: without limits and impossibilities, no matter the violence. Those with wealth are free to do as they please, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. The Machiavellian family study allows the rich to be as fearsome and violent as they pretend to be kind and giving.” Veni Vidi Vici is co-directed by Austrian filmmakers Daniel Hoesl (director of Soldier Jane and WiNWiN, plus a few shorts) & Julia Niemann, both of the Davos documentary previously. The screenplay is also by Daniel Hoesl. Produced by Ulrich Seidl. This is premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival this month. No other US release dates have been set yet – stay tuned. First impression? Intrigued?
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