The Code

A paranoid couple tries to revive their deteriorating relationship by embracing surveillance and spying in this absurd, high-concept comedy from the director of Spree (2020). 

Eugene Kotlyarenko’s latest feature examines how our relationship with technology and the internet informs our perception of agency and intimacy. Early-pandemic, Jay and Celine (Peter Vack, Dasha Nekrasova) head to a rental house to reconnect. While Celine films a documentary on their disintegrating relationship, a recently ‘cancelled’ Jay becomes increasingly paranoid about his portrayal, setting up hidden cameras to spy on Celine. Using footage from over 70 cameras, memes and TikTok reels, Kotlyarenko presents a voyeuristic exploration of the attention economy and our vapid relationship with technology in a staggering feat of filmmaking.

"May go down as perhaps the most funny and accurate pandemic movie, because it presents the pandemic as many of us truly experienced it: Extremely, paranoiacally, online." - Tim Molloy, Movie Maker