13-23 nov 2025
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Unimaginable Red
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Unimaginable Red
DocLab

Unimaginable Red

Vitor Freire, Monique Grimord
Netherlands
2025
15 min
World Premiere
IDFA DocLab Program & Competition, IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling
Synopsis

This artistic and sensual game is set in an imaginary, parallel version of Amsterdam’s red-light district, which has declared itself an autonomous island, ruled by pleasure.

Players wander through the streets and alleys, reveling in the free-spirited atmosphere of the neighborhood. Alluring fetish flowers bloom, which you can collect in an ever-expanding backpack. You can share the euphoria of these flowers with eager passers-by, which results in mutual pleasure and a gently vibrating console.

Both a celebration and a protest, this game playfully blends the anarchist history and contemporary issues of this unusual neighborhood with a surreal layer of fiction.

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Credits
15 min
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Spoken languages: English
Director
    Vitor Freire,
    Monique Grimord
    Vitor Freire,
    Monique Grimord
Created by
    Vitor Freire,
    Monique Grimord,
    Grace Turtle
    Vitor Freire,
    Monique Grimord,
    Grace Turtle
Key collaborator
    Phoebe Marsh,
    Anna Torres,
    Julia Visser,
    Paula Bonilla
    Phoebe Marsh,
    Anna Torres,
    Julia Visser,
    Paula Bonilla
Production
    Imagination of Things
    Imagination of Things
Sound Design
    Alexandre Bandola
    Alexandre Bandola
Music
    DJ Lorrany
    DJ Lorrany
Screenplay
    Vitor Freire,
    Grace Turtle,
    Alexandre Pina
    Vitor Freire,
    Grace Turtle,
    Alexandre Pina
Narrator
    Alejandra Ortiz
    Alejandra Ortiz
Screening copy
    Imagination of Things
    Imagination of Things
Technical artist
    Renhui Yang,
    Leon van Oord,
    Gabriel Hofer,
    Alexandre Pina
    Renhui Yang,
    Leon van Oord,
    Gabriel Hofer,
    Alexandre Pina
Developer
    Tim Paul
    Tim Paul

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