Drone

Name: Drone
Director: Tonje Hessen Schei
Released: 2014

Tonje Hessen Schei 2014

Michael Haas has played war video games since he was 5. At 19 he is employed by the US AirForce as a drone pilot.
This is the new warfare: Young gamers recruited to operate drones through their computers to kill real people 7000 miles away. This is not science fiction but today’s reality and the big investment of the future: Robot war. As technology expands at an unprecedented rate we are part of an experiment that changes our wars and possibly our world. DRONE gives crucial context and new perspectives that reveal crucial secrets of the CIA drone war and asks where we are headed.

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Running Time:

98 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Directors:

Tonje Hessen Schei

Producers:

Lars Løge

Press

Globe and Mail

The film ranges far, wide and deep in its exploration of this distinctively 21st-century form of "dehumanized" combat.
New York Times

Reminds us that it's important not to accept this new way of warring without scrutinizing it.
Guardian

A cool-headed, finely constructed documentary on the newest, most controversial method of warfare.
The Hollywood Reporter

The doc's presentation is effective and clear-headed, taking a position without stacking the deck
"OUR POTENTIAL COLLECTIVE FUTURE. WATCH IT AND WEEP FOR US. OR WATCH IT AND DETERMINE TO CHANGE THAT FUTURE."

Lawrence Wilkerson, Colonel US Army

Festival Participation

Berlin International Film Festival
Cinema For Peace Award
IDFA
One World Film Festival
Bergen International Film Festival
Best Norwegian Documentary
CPH:DOX
True/False Film Festival
Tromsø International Film Festival

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