RiP! A Remix Manifesto

A feature documentary on remix culture.

“A knockout. Rip is a dazzling frontal assault on how corporate culture is using copyright law to muzzle freedom of expression” - Macleans

Join filmmaker Brett Gaylor and mashup artist Girl Talk as they explore copyright and content creation in the digital age. In the process they dissect the media landscape of the 21st century and shatter the wall between users and producers. Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazil's Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow also come along for the ride.

︎ A co-production with EyeSteelFilm & the National Film Board of Canada, Audience Award, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. Audience Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival. Audience Award, Encounters South Africa. Don Haig Award, Hot Docs

Nominated: Genie Awards, Canada New Media Award

Notable festivals: Yamagata, South By Southwest, EBS (Korea), Buenos Aires BACIFI, Thesaloniki, Ambulante (opening film), Barcelona Documentary Festival (Closing), Rendez Vous Du Cinema Quebecois, Adelaide, Planete Doc (Poland), Input (Warsaw), Guth Gafa (Ireland), International Film Festival of Rio