Duck
Relax, It's Not Real - Opening Program
Duck is a daring deepfake short that follows Sean Connery’s unravelling after he witnesses Marilyn Monroe’s return from the dead.
- United Kingdom
- 2024, 16 min
- Director: Rachel Maclean
- Director of photography: Jamie Quantrill
- Editor: Ciaran Lyons
- Screenplay: Rachel Maclean
- Music: Julian Corrie
- Cast: Rachel Maclean
- Producer: Beth Allan, Ciara Dunne
- Production: Too Happy Studios, Forest of Black
Rachel Maclean
Edinburgh-born Rachel Maclean works in a variety of media, including video, digital print, sculpture, and VR. She has shown her work in the UK and internationally, and has received critical acclaim in the spheres of film and visual art. Her major exhibitions include solo shows at, among other places, the National Gallery and Tate Britain in London and Arsenal Contemporary in New York. Her most recent video work, Duck, uses deepfake visuals and audio. It had its world premiere in January 2024 at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, where Maclean was one of the artists selected for the Focus Programme.