What are you afraid of? What are you longing for?
Sonzai Zone is a speculative fiction film on intimacy and loneliness after the normalization of ambient communication media. An unlikely encounter between Yún and Souvd takes place in a near-future where social interactions are largely based on the mediation of human presence, known as ‘Sonzai-kan’. Shifting between XR games, Immersion Arcades and spatial home displays, their insidiously orchestrated relationship escalates into extreme idealization. Meanwhile, Souvd’s ex-girlfriend Ntzumi launches into undercover investigation.
Emilia Tapprest
Director
Dasha Golova
Souvd
Tarou Yamada
Yún
Annamaria Merkel
Ntzumi
Sumera Itou
Rei
Mark Prendergast
Nix
Luis Monteiro
Sword Fighter 1
Miša Skalskis
Runner
Natalia Jordanova
Ao
Edie Tseng
Souavd 2
Elif Özbay
Yún 2
Yuki Kawakami
Sensum ad
Nick Shamlou
Yún's friends
