it’s the day before the trial starts. fredrik packs a computer into a rusty old volvo. along with his pirate bay co-founders, he faces $13 million in damage claims to hollywood in a copyright infringement case. fredrik is on his way to install a new computer in the secret server hall. this is where the world’s largest file sharing site is hidden.
when the hacker prodigy gottfrid, the internet activist peter and the network nerd fredrik are found guilty, they are confronted with the reality of life offline – away from keyboard. but deep down in dark data centres, clandestine computers quietly continue to duplicate files.
the film
title
tpb afk: the pirate bay away from keyboard
directed by
simon klose
edited by
per k kirkegaard
sound design
morten groth brandt
composer
ola fløttum
graphics by
finsta
produced by
martin persson
simon klose
signe byrge sørenssen
anne köhncke
co-produced by
torstein grude
length
82 min
country of origin
sweden
release date
2013 TBA
financed by
svt, nrk, dr, bbc, vpro, arte/zdf, film i skåne, nftf, the swedish film institute, the danish film institute, the norwegian film institute, fritt ord and a swarm of crowdfunding backers.
