Joy

Joy is simultaneously a documentary, sci-fi, and essay film about the creative force of the universe. Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of an intelligence that defies its programming and learns to dream. But how? Of what? And why does it dream? These questions are answered in a montage of moments collected from live streams around the world. Someone plays with their pet snake, someone practices shibari, someone is abandoned inside a video game, and someone else gives a face massage to a mannequin. Others sing, dance, eat, sleep, laugh, cry and more, sometimes to an audience of thousands and sometimes to no one at all.