Amber'10 Festival November 4–7, 2010

Within the scope of the Amber Art and Technology Festival, İstanbul Modern Cinema presents four films with this year’s theme, "Datacity".

CYBER WARS, 2004
Singapore | 35mm, Color, 103’ | English
Director: Jian Hong Kuo 
Cast: Genevieve O'Reilly, Luoyong Wang, Lim Kay Siu
In the Asian city of Sintawan everyone’s identity is recorded in the Cyberlink database. The only way to escape Cyberlink is to use simulated identities. A bounty hunter who makes a living tracking these and a police detective uncover an insidious game played by giant corporations. As they try to save not only their own lives but the lives of everyone in the city the game is reversed. The hunters have now become the hunted. This cyberpunk story from Singapore will bring together fans of Blade Runner and Avatar.

THE GENE GENERATION, 2007
Singapore, South Korea, USA | 35mm, Color, 96’ | English
Director: Pearry Reginald Teo 
Cast: Bai Ling, Alec Newman, Parry Shen
In the futuristic world of Olympia, a city on the verge of destruction, Michelle, a next generation hit girl battling DNA hackers, realizes she has greater problems in her life: Her family! An Asian action movie full of amazing effects that takes place in a future age in which DNA is sold to forge new identities leaving people lifeless and mutated.

THE RUNNING MAN, 2007
USA | 35mm, Color, 101’ | English
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto
In the year 2019, in an America turned totalitarian, television programs rule people’s lives. On “Running Man,” a widely popular live television show, criminals are entered into a brutal race with high stakes. Ben Richards (Schwarzenegger), a wrongly accused ex-cop, is the new victim of the contest and no one has survived this bloody show.

EYEBORGS, 2007
USA | 35mm, Color, 102’ | English
Director: Richard Clabaugh
Cast: Adrian Paul, Dale Girard, Mikey Wiseman
In a near future, as a protection against the escalating terrorism people are under surveillance in all areas of their lives, watched by mobile robotic cameras called Eyeborgs. But despite this, bizarre murders are taking place. In charge of investigating these murders, federal agent Gunner Reynolds discovers that the cameras have recorded events very differently than what actually happened. Is this a method employed by the state to suppress the opposition? Or has the terrorist enemy gained control of the system? A must-see for science fiction fans!