ARTIFICIAL JUSTICE

COUNTRY: Spain, Portugal

YEAR/DURATION: 2024. • 94′

political thriller

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Synopsis

In the near future, the Government aims to replace judges with Artificial Intelligence software, pledging to effectively automate and depoliticize the justice system. Carmen Costa, a distinguished judge, has been invited to assess this new procedure. However, when the software’s creator is found dead, she realizes her life is in danger and that she will have to fight the powerful interests that are at play in the highest echelons of the State.

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About the director

Simón Casal de Miguel

is a Spanish screenwriter, director, and producer. His first projects are linked to historical figures and events from Galicia. In 2012, he directed the TV film Eduardo Barreiros, based on the life of Galician mechanic who created the multinational company Barreiros in the 1960s, and in 2016 he directed his first feature, Lobos Sucios, a story set in the wolfram mines of Galicia during World War II. In 2019, he worked as screenwriter, director, and editor on the historical-documentary miniseries about the Kingdom of Galicia, the first medieval kingdom in the West. In 2022, he produced, wrote, and co-directed the documentary film The Gourougou Trial about two migrants and two lawyers as they take on the Spanish authorities in a trial that tests Europe’s core values. In 2022, he completed the documentary film Artificial Justice that he worked on as producer, director, and editor, which was created in collaboration with the philosopher Miguel Penas.

Screening

• • VALLI CINEMA – SATURDAY 13.7.2024.

    20:00