The Fan Manifesto unfolds in a surreal pop-culture landscape, following a fan whose devotion to the band Penny Hunters mutates into dependency.
Fueled by parasocial illusion and consumer pressure, the film exposes how intimacy is manufactured, loyalty is monetized, and belonging is sold as a product.
Shifting between hyperreal fan spectacle and hollow images of the band, it critiques the collapse between idol and admirer under capitalism.
The Fan Manifesto
Digital 16:9, 14.43 min, eOF, AT 2025