THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO UTOPIAS

IRELAND, UK, SLOVENIA, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY | 2026 | COLOR | DCP | 133’ | ENGLISH

Governments fall, Žižek remains! Twenty years after their first collaboration on “The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema”, which offered us the most devilish blend of film analysis, sociological observation and psychoanalytic theory, and fourteen years after the equally sardonic “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology”, maverick philosopher Slavoj Žižek and director Sophie Fiennes return with the third and final installment of their imaginative trilogy. Through a kaleidoscope of pop-culture references, with Žižek once again taking centre stage in delightful recreations of scenes from famous films and television series, he presents a dizzying panorama of today’s sociopolitical reality and elevates cinema as the most effective means of confronting our collective fears. For lovers of cinema, philosophy and psychoanalysis, the conclusion of this trilogy is a rare gift, food for thought and, at the same time, useful advice: As the world around us collapses, let us abandon all hope. For only then will we be able to hope again. Loukas Katsikas

DIRECTOR: Sophie Fiennes
DoP: Remko Schnorr
MUSIC: Magnus Fiennes, Horace Fiennes Tummings
EDITORS: Sophie Fiennes

SOPHIE FIENNES
Acclaimed English documentary film director and producer known for her distinct observational style and deep dives into art, performance, and philosophy. She was born in 1967 in Ipswich and comes from a highly artistic family. Her work is presented at international festivals and renowned museum and exhibitions around the world.

FILMOGRAPHY
2026 The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias
2024 Acting
2022 Four Quarters
2017 Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
2012 The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology
2010 Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
2006 The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema
2002 Hoover Street Revival