What is Going to Happen Next? (2021)

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• 2021

'What is Going to Happen Next?' is a large-scale and ambitious documentary that showcases a curated selection of unrehearsed video responses to the title question, put to one person in every country around the world. The film emerged from a ten-year-long socially engaged project to capture opinions from all 203 sovereign states as defined by the United Nations. The documentary which was completed in 2020 presents a curated selection of these participants. This film acts as a global cultural discussion that serves to highlight the diversity and complexity of humanity. To initiate a more genuine unplanned answer the participants were not informed of the question in advance. Instead were asked to record themselves reading the question with just two minutes to respond. By removing the participant's ability to prepare, the film presents its audience with a series of natural responses and a variety of behavioural nuances within an international cultural context. By showcasing participants' choice in visual setting, manner and practice of participating, along with a series of complex personal, social and political responses the film represents an attempt to give voice to the incredible diversity of our planet's population.