UTOPIA | Omeleto

A man lives where citizens police each other with phones. UTOPIA is used with permission from Kosta Nikas. Learn more at Jack has just come back to his homeland of Australia after over a decade away in paradise. But after being met at the airport by his brother Frank, Jack discovers that the country has radically changed. Citizens report and fine one another for various civil infractions, using their mobile phones to record and upload offenses to a government app. Jack is in disbelief as he arrives at Frank’s home with his wife Margaret, and he can’t even believe that swearing is fined and alcohol is banned. There are cameras everywhere, and the only safe place in people’s homes is the bathroom. Unable to adapt or accept the changes, Jack attempts to leave the country -- a much harder feat to accomplish than he thought. Written and directed by Kosta Nikas, this sci-fi short may be named after an ideal paradise of balance and peace, but