A feature length documentary using drama, animation and interviews to explore the relationship between society, psychosis and technology.  The project forms a portrait of Daniel Paul Schreber the C19th outsider artist who elaborated a steam-punk vision of a machine universe penetrated by networks of ‘nerve-rays’, with himself at the very centre as ‘God’s chosen bride’.

“Weirdness, cerebral depth and envelope-pushing style. Blending documentary elements with fictional reconstruction and trippy CGI, the pic is a truly sui generis work, both moving and intellectually stimulating.”   Variety

"the art of cinema, storytelling and the field of psychiatry together in this unique achievement...."   Screen International

"an unparalleled job of documenting the unphotographable."   Sight and Sound UK

"imposante rol van Hugo Koolschijn, kom maar op met dat Gouden Kalf "  Filmkrant (****)

" effectieve mengvorm van documentaire, fictie, waan en animatie"  NRC Handelsblad (****)

"Hugo Koolschijn speelt Schreber meesterlijk "   Het Parool (****)

A Submarine, Hot Property & Serious Film production for the Netherlands Film Fund and the Rotterdam Media Fund, The Wellcome Trust Major Arts Award UK, and with support from the Harvard Film Study Center.  The project was developed in collaboration with psychoanalyst Helen Taylor-Robinson with the support of a Wellcome Trust Arts Award.

Netherlands Release       Cinema Delicatessen
UK Release                         Soda Pictures UK
TV sales                            Several European Territories

Selected Festival Awards, Nominations & Screenings

68th Venice International Film Festival:  Orizzonti Competition

CPH:DOX Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival (Official Selection & Laurel)
London Film Festival: New British Cinema Selection (Official Selection & Laurel)
Rotterdam International Film Festival  (Official Selection & Laurel)
New Horizons Film Festival (Official Selection & Laurel)
Melbourne International Film Festival (Special Screening & Gallery Installation)
London Institute of Psychoanalysis (Special Event: The Neuro-Image)
NYC Institute of Psychoanalysis (Special Event: The Neuro-Image)
EYE Cinema (Special Neuro-Image Presentation Screening)
Calgary International Film Festival (Official Selection & Laurel)          
Brighton Film Festival Cinema of the Mind
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
New Zealand International Film Festival
Cinema du Réel - 37e édition - Centre George Pompidou