Mars Express – Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art

Mars Express is a dynamic cyberpunk crime story full of astonishing visual ideas and an action throbbing to the rhythm of electronic music. It takes place in the future on colonised Mars. This science-fiction animation is a creative descendant of dystopian masterpieces such as Blade Runner or Ghost in the Shell.

In the near future, private investigator Aline Ruby and her android assistant, Carlos Rivera, are hired by an influential business tycoon to track down a dangerous hacker. They end up on Mars, where they stumble upon a dark mystery involving corruption and a missing girl who may be hiding a secret about the future of AI.

Combining 2D and 3D animation, this futuristic and action-filled neo-noir thriller finds surprising ways of demonstrating the technological challenges of the present. It also poses questions about the dangers and dilemmas of human coexistence alongside machines. What does artificial intelligence feel? Does humanity have a chance for a fresh start on the new planet? Will humans let androids into their world? And will the androids want to stay there?