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In Attendance: Acclaimed writer and director Harmony Korine, who will accept the Sarasota Film Festival’s Trailblazer Award.
BABY INVASION is an experimental thriller — “In a first-person shooter game leaked to the dark web, a group of mercenaries disguised with baby faces invades mansions of the wealthy and powerful with murderous intent. However, as gamers livestream the game, the protagonists’ gang of horrific murders may or may not be happening in real life.”
As a 20-year-old, Korine was discovered while skateboarding in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park by photographer Larry Clark. He went on to write the screenplay for the controversial film “Kids,” directed by Clark. That launched a career that continued with Korine’s own directorial debut, 1997’s landmark “Gummo,” followed by “Julien Donkey-Boy,” “Mister Lonely,” “Trash Humpers,” and finally 2012’s “Spring Breakers” (filmed partially in the Sarasota area). A fantasia of sex, violence, Skrillex, and one ostentatious shorts collection, it’s arguably one of the most influential movies of the 21st century.
Based in Miami ever since, Korine followed “Spring Breakers” with 2019’s “The Beach Bum,” and then 2024’s “Aggro Dr1ft.” The latter of these was the first feature release of the multimedia company he launched in 2023 called Edglrd, which seeks to expand the possibilities of visual storytelling, merging the experiences of cinema, gaming, XR, and short-form content
Don’t miss this opportunity to see Harmony’s brand new film followed up by a discussion.
