Title: LifeHack
Festival (section): Narrative Spotlight
Director: Ronan Corrigan
Logline: LifeHack is a gripping cyberheist thriller following four teenage slackers as they plot to steal £24M from a tech billionaire’s crypto wallet. Armed with hacking skills, social engineering tactics, and cryptocurrency expertise, they attempt the heist of the century from their bedrooms. The film is packed with tension, suspense, and unexpected twists as they face countless obstacles to execute their daring plan. However, the aftermath proves just as dramatic, exploring the impact of their actions. Beyond the thrilling heist, LifeHack offers a raw and compelling look into the lives of teenagers in today’s tech-driven world, blending excitement with emotional depth.
Panelists: Ronan Corrigan, Georgie Farmer, Yasmin Finney, Roman Hayek-Green, James Scholz
Key quotes: I don’t think you’re ever going to be on a movie experience where you run 30 pages of dialogue in one take and that’s what we do… It was such a surreal and unique filmmaking experience. – Georgie Farmer
I played a lot of PC gaming when I was younger and then I left to move to London and left all my gaming behind me, and then during lockdown I went back home and I kind of regressed back into being a teenager and I got really nostalgic about that period in my life, and I wanted to capture that feeling. – Ronan Corrigan
Check out the full video discussion above.
