Tal S. Shamir

Everything That Will Happen Has Already Happened

Global post-pandemic stories explore a world in turmoil.

A New York Covid Story

With rare footage of the New York City COVID-19 lockdown, the film evokes the feeling, experience & atmosphere of one of the most dramatic moments of the beginning of the 21st century. As the COVID-19 storm hits the great city, the film shifts from shock, hollowness, hope, and fear of the future. Dedicated to the hard work and sacrifice of the medical staff, essential workers, and the people of New York.

Desert of the Real

A perspective of New York City as the Desert of the Real - A critical note raised by philosopher Jean Baudrillard in “Simulacra and Simulation” (1981) arguing on the liquidation of reality by the image. It is a map that overshadows the territory or, in this film, an image of one of the busiest cities in the world without its essence - the humans that inhabit it.