

We live in the same house, but in different apartments, jobs, situations, convictions, visions, fooling ourselves that this is the only world that exists. This film is about an unfamiliar and frightening side of life, one that we never really grasp but feel it somewhere close.
Director
Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
EN

Some game trolls in the United States make a sport of getting other players “swatted” live during the game: they find out someone’s name and address, fake his caller ID, and make a bogus 911 call. The next thing you know, a SWAT team armed to the teeth is bursting into his house and giving him the fright of his life. This is all streamed live on camera, of course, so everyone can be in on the joke. Swatted is a cinematic exploration of this phenomenon based on 911 calls by offenders, YouTube videos of games and raids, and first-hand accounts of what it’s like to be swatted.

An experimental film through the eyes of a man