Four Percent

Filmstill Four Percent

Four Percent

Four Percent
Monika Masłoń
International Competition Animated Film
Animated Film
Germany,
Poland
2025
14 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
German
World premiere

Is it not unlimited freedom, the most radical form of self-realisation, to exist in every conceivable setting as a flying mythical creature, a sad mouse or a furry figure with an extended naked spine as a tail? In her film, Monika Masłoń moves through different spaces as an avatar, exploring the subject of touching and being touched on VR platforms. Anything our phantasy can imagine can be created from pixels here. The limits of existence can be extended infinitely by a click. But what about human – or avatarian – closeness? Can an emotional signal like shaking hands be simulated in this VR world, despite the complete absence of physical bodies? When I see my avatar being touched, can my body memory suggest that I feel this tactile event even though there is no other physical body?
Masłoń examines these questions with a delicate sense of humour and in exchanges with other avatars. But then we enter a VR space that feels more intimate: She has taken us on a personal date. How does the impossibility of physical touch in a long-distance relationship differ from that in VR? Can a VR date create more physical presence and still the longing for the beloved person better than other forms of communication?


Irina Rubina

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Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Monika Masłoń
Cinematographer
Monika Masłoń, Pablo Quarta
Editor
Monika Masłoń
Producer
Monika Masłoń
Co-Producer
Pablo Quarta, Peter Zorn
Sound Design
Alejandro Weyler
Animation Technique
Mixed Media, Live Action, Game Engine

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Main Contact
Monika Masłoń
monikamaslon@gmail.com
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award