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2026 · 2m
Directed by Mathias Roche
Genres: dark comedy, satire, sci-fi
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, provocative
A young couple expecting their first child tests at home a new application that lets them perform their own ultrasound — with micro-purchases also available.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A two-minute ambush that hijacks the intimacy of parenthood and feeds it through a subscription-model hellscape—most directors would've made this earnest or heavy-handed, but Roche lets the absurdity *be* the horror, which is exactly the kind of subversive sleight-of-hand that makes consensus programmers deeply uncomfortable.
Roche situates this squarely in the lineage of speculative satire (Gilliam, Wheatley) while demonstrating precise formal control: the tonal modulation from anticipation to dread is executed with the kind of disciplined editing that rewards multiple viewings.
The film's entire weight hinges on one sound design choice—the soft *chime* of a micro-purchase notification during an ultrasound—and that single decision transforms a premise into something that actually *lands*, turning consumer anxiety into genuine unease with almost no budget.