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Doppelgängers³ (PG*)

Dystopia is Not The Future

,Cinema 3
A woman in a space suit

This radical space documentary asks how we might conceptualise visions for space exploration that avoid repeating history’s mistakes on earth, away from the likes of the Bezos and Musk of our world.

The film is a creative experiment in which director Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian, and her two doppelgangers, journey to build a new civilization on the moon. Is there a plan that defies power structures, patriarchy, rejects planetary exploitation, and involves a polyphony of voices composed of members of diasporas around the world?

In this quest to design a moon utopia, Nelly speaks to scientists, cultural leaders, LGBTQA+ rights activists, artists, horror filmmakers, economists, astronomers, and an archaeologist-wine-maker, and leads her crew to the to the Astroland Interplanetary Agency in Spain, where they venture deep underground to emulate what life would look like for early settlers on another planet. However, as the analog space mission takes unexpected turns, the future remains as uncertain as the condition of Schrödinger’s Cat.

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Film information
  • Release year   2025
  • Country   UK/Armenia/Algeria/France
  • Director   Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian
  • Runtime   1hr 13 min

Ticket prices

Standard
£13 *
* Excludes £1.50 booking fee

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Cinema 3

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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