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Calling All Burners
We are making a movie at AfrikaBurn between
28 April to 5 May and we want you to participate!
This Is How The World Ends is a performance art project which will be taking place at AfrikaBurn this year of our fire 2024.
As an art project, and being guided by the principles of AfrikaBurn, our project is open for all to participate.
So if you are an aspiring or established actor/actress, an aspiring or highly esteemed background extra, if you are an aspiring or established production or crew member, or if you are just curious and excited by the idea of making a movie, then get in touch!
Filming takes place in Cape Town between 15 - 27 April and at AfrikaBurn between 28 April and 5 May.
Email us on thisishowtheworldends@gmail.com or send us a message on our Instagram Page if you would like to be involved in any way.
About.
Surviving a brush with death and emerging out the other side, Robert was pushed out of the life of a corporate lawyer and thrown headfirst into the world of arts.
The tumultuous event has pushed him towards a life of art and creating for the benefit of all those who care to enjoy it.
In 2023, director, Robert dos Santos stood in the Binnekring at AfrikaBurn and was hit with a fully fledged story, as if from somewhere else.
This movie is a reflection of his journey in allegorical form whereby a tumultuous event (the end of the world) thrusts Tom (boring lawyer Robert) to chasing after and rescuing his sister Danni (exciting artist Robert).
Our film follows this fantastical story and the beautiful change which can happen in extreme circumstances.
Our Story.
In 2023, writer/director, Robert dos Santos stood in the Binnekring at AfrikaBurn and was hit with a fully fledged story, as if from somewhere else.
Surviving a brush with death and emerging out the other side, Robert was pushed out of the life of a corporate lawyer and thrown headfirst into the world of arts.
The massive change has pushed him towards a life of art and creating for the benefit of all those who care to enjoy it.
This movie is a reflection of that journey in allegorical form whereby a tumultuous event (the end of the world) thrusts Tom (boring lawyer Robert) to chasing after and rescuing his sister Danni (exciting artist Robert).
Our Story.
The world is ending, and people are going about it in completely different ways. Some people are losing control, some people are living out their final fantasies, some people are being with the ones they love, and some people are pretending nothing is wrong at all.
Danni lives with her parents, who pretend that everything is going to be okay, but she knows that this is not the truth. So instead of staying at home and pretending to be okay, she sets off to the desert to enjoy the final days alive.
Her brother Tom learns about this, and fearing for her safety he is sent into the desert to find her and bring her back, all while battling the difficulties along the way.
Our story follows these two siblings who both learn to accept the inevitability of death, and how to love in the face of extreme hardship and fear.
The Story
We are a merry band of film lovers and adventurers, and are looking for anyone and everyone who wants to join. If you fall into the following list please get in touch, we need you! If you don't fall into the following list, please still get in touch, we want you!
- actors
- non-actors
- camera operators
- crew members
- production members
- musicians and composers
- sound designers and recorders
- campsites willing to host us
- logistics willing to help in any way
- generator support
- fellow art projects
- munitions vehicles
- anything and everything else
Lists.
Principles & Privacy
This project is firmly entrenched in the guiding principles of AfricaBurn and it is important that they not only form part of our production, but also inform the storyline.
In short, our story is embued with radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, immediacy, and each teach one.
If you would like to find out more about how we are including these principles as part of our project and ensuring consent and privacy is upheld, please feel free to reach out to us, or click below.
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