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Ugly Utopia - A Mystical Webseries

A cinematic adaptation of Dan K. Sigurd's short story Ugly Utopia - find our more on IMDB: IMDB.com 

This is a first Teaser for Ugly Utopia:

Screenshots, Making Of pictures and other images:

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The Crowdfunding campaign for Ugly Utopia ends at midnight! Just a few hours left to pre-order the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Ceterum censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #danksigurd #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #movieset #actress #series #shamanic #trippy #psychedelic #ayahuasca #blacklight #dreamsequence #vision #hallucination #facepaint #trance #lightbeing #pachamamá

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Another picture from the set of Ugly Utopia. Contribute to the Crowdfunding campaign at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Instagram delenda est) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #camera #dop #latin #movieset #setdesign #filmdirector #actors #bouncelighting #keygrip

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Safira Robens in the opening scene of the Ugly Utopia pilot episode. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Ceterum censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #danksigurd #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #movieset #actress #series #shamanic #trippy #psychedelic #ayahuasca #blacklight #dreamsequence #facepaint #trance

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@changu_vanlore in her light-being costume for the opening scene of the Ugly Utopia pilot episode. With black-light-active Make-up by @ranya_abdurahman. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Ceterum censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #danksigurd #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #movieset #actress #series #shamanic #trippy #psychedelic #ayahuasca #blacklight #dreamsequence #vision #hallucination #facepaint #trance #lightbeing #pachamamá

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Another picture from the set of Ugly Utopia. Contribute to the Crowdfunding campaign at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Instagram delenda est) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #camera #dop #latin #movieset #actorslife

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@caminsky13 and Safira Robens in the opening scene of the Ugly Utopia pilot episode. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Ceterum censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #movieset #actress #series #shamanic #trippy #psychedelic #ayahuasca #dreamsequence #facepaint #trance

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Pictures from the shoot of Ugly Utopia - Episode 2 last weekend with @_agnes_mai_ . Find out more about the series at: Dan-K-Sigurd.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #adaptation #filmset #fantasy #phantasy #adventurefilm #acting #ig_filmmaker #latin #mystic #jungle #forest #screenshot #moviestill #explorer #scientist #tent #expedition

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@carlofeliceaudrines in the pink forest. You can pre-order the series Ugly Utopia at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Ceterum censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #danksigurd #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #movieset #actor #series #shamanic #trippy #psychedelic #ayahuasca #blacklight #dreamsequence #facepaint #trance #pinklight #vision #hallucination

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An impression from the making of the pilot episode of Ugly Utopia last summer. Support further episodes by contributing to the crowdfunding campaign: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (active 15th of March - 12th of June) Picture by @alex_reichel_cinema (Instagram delenda est) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #adaptation

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@carlofeliceaudrines as Uma, meeting the light-being, in the opening scene of the Ugly Utopia pilot episode. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Ceterum censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #danksigurd #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #movieset #actress #actor #series #shamanic #trippy #psychedelic #ayahuasca #blacklight #dreamsequence #facepaint #trance #jungle #party

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A Screenshot from the pilot episode of Ugly Utopia. Raphael Omar Casas Zamudio as the shaman. Facepainting by @moona_ray. Support further episodes by contributing to the crowdfunding campaign: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (active 15th of March - 12th of June) (Instagram delenda est) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #Adaptation #facepainting #shamanic

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@mezkalito.perpetua at the set of Ugly Utopia. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #mezkalito #adaptation #crowdfunding #fantasy #phantasy #adventurefilm #acting #filmmaker #latin #mystic #jungle #forest #screenshot #moviestill #facepainting

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Lina Sanchez and @_agnes_mai_ as Isabel Gonzales and Maria Cortez in Ugly Utopia. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #adaptation #crowdfunding #fantasy #phantasy #adventurefilm #acting #ig_filmmaker #latin #mystic #jungle #forest #screenshot #moviestill #explorer #scientist

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Video from the last reading at The Poetic Groove with @mezkalito.perpetua. I read from "Ugly Utopia". Find out more about the cinematic adaptation of that story on: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Ceterum censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #uglyutopia #shamanic #mezkalito #poeticgroove #performance #reading #multimedia #poetry #danksigurd #flute #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #Adaptation #crowdfunding #Fantasy #light #facepainting #acting #light-being #lichtwesen #blacklight #Schwarzlicht #IG_filmmaker #latin #psychedelic #mystic #trippy #Magic #dream

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@omarsinelache as the shaman in Ugly Utopia. You can pre-order the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #adaptation #crowdfunding #fantasy #phantasy #adventurefilm #acting #filmmaker #latin #mystic #trance #shaman #flute #jungle #forest #screenshot #moviestill #facepainting

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@omarsinelache performing a fire ceremony in the pilot episode of Ugly Utopia. With black-light-active make-up by @ranya_abdurahman. Pre-order the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that we should all delete our Instagram accounts) #fireshow #fireceremony #sparks #pyromania #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #latin #movieset #actor #series #shamanic #blacklight #trippy #psychedelic #ayahuasca #dreamsequence #facepaint #surreal

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@mrcmnt as Miguel, beside a cocoon of the mysterious creature from the jungle. Find out more about our series Ugly Utopia at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that we should all delete our Instagram accounts) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #camera #latin #movieset #actor #spiderweb #cocoon #series #sfxeffects

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Shooting a psychedelic vision for Ugly Utopia, late at night in the jungle. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that we should all delete our Instagram accounts) #adventurefilm #cosplay #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #Adaptation #crowdfunding #Fantasy #phantasy #light #facepainting #acting #light-being #blacklight #filmmaker #shamanic #psychedelic #mystic #trippy #Magic #dream

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Cyrus Rahbar, Lina Sanchez, @_agnes_mai_ and @sebalotl as the team of scientists from Ugly Utopia. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #adaptation #crowdfunding #fantasy #phantasy #adventurefilm #acting #ig_filmmaker #latin #mystic #jungle #forest #screenshot #moviestill #explorer #scientist

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@bluevelvet1987 in the opening scene of the Ugly Utopia pilot episode. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Ceterum censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #movieset #throatsinging #series #shamanic #trippy #psychedelic #ayahuasca #dreamsequence #facepaint #trance

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A peek through the set monitor at the shoot of Ugly Utopia. Contribute to the Crowdfunding campaign at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Instagram delenda est) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #camera #dop #latin #movieset #actorslife #makingof

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#tagesaufgabe No. 18: Mein Filmdebüt geben. ???? Mit meinem Radiogesicht am besten mit ??. ?? | Being part of „Ugly Utopia“ - a project at filmArche. ??????#tagesaufgabeerfüllt #lorena #film #movie #cinema #uglyutopia #filmdreh #filmarche #plänterwald #treptowerpark #berlin #deutschland #germany #???? #sommer2018 #summer2018 #sommerfrische #wochenende #weekend #havingagoodtime #going40 #teilzeit #parttime #teilzeitgleichmehrfreizeit #slacker #slackerlife #outofpressemitteilungsbergwerk

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Directing from the other side of the river. Contribute to the Crowdfunding campaign for Ugly Utopia at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Instagram delenda est) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #camera #sound #action #movieset #exploration #river #series #webseries #boat #boommic

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Another impression from the making of of Ugly Utopia. Contribute to the Crowdfunding campaign at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Instagram delenda est) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #camera #sound #latin #movieset #actor #exploration #river #series #webseries

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Cyrus Rahbar as Karl von Mahlsdorf in Ugly Utopia. Contribute to the Crowdfunding campaign at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Instagram delenda est) #adventurefilm #shamanic #psychedelic #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #axe #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #filmarche

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@omarsinelache as the shaman, telling @mrcmnt aka Miguel about his visions. You can pre-order the series Ugly Utopia at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #adaptation #crowdfunding #fantasy #phantasy #adventurefilm #acting #filmmaker #latin #mystic #vision #trance #shaman #obelisk #jungle #forest #screenshot #moviestill #facepainting

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Nothing's as smooth as a boat-dolly. Contribute to the Crowdfunding campaign for Ugly Utopia at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Instagram delenda est) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #camera #dop #movieset #filmdirector #boatdolly

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@omarsinelache as the shaman from Ugly Utopia. Face painting by @moona_ray. Support further episodes by contributing to the crowdfunding campaign: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (link in bio) (Instagram delenda est) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #Adaptation #facepainting #shamanic #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #jungle #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #movieset #series #trippy #psychedelic #trance

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Our amazing Make-Up Artist for Ugly Utopia @ranya_abdurahman, transforming @carlofeliceaudrines for his role. Find out more about the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Ceterum censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #makeup #makeupartist #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #danksigurd #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #movieset #actor #series #shamanic #trippy #psychedelic #blacklight #dreamsequence #facepaint

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Surrealist Setdesign from our series Ugly Utopia. Contribute to the Crowdfunding campaign at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Instagram delenda est) #skull #skeleton #neon #dream #psychedelic #trippy #vision #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #movieset

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Video from the reading at Art&Run with @mezkalito.perpetua. I read from "Ugly Utopia". Find out more about the cinematic adaptation of that story on: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #shamanic #mezkalito #artandrun #performance #reading #multimedia #poetry #danksigurd #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #Adaptation #crowdfunding #projection #electronicmusic #atmospheric #light #facepainting #acting #blacklight #fantasy #phantasy #IG_filmmaker #latin #psychedelic #mystic #trippy #Magic #dream

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@carlofeliceaudrines as Uma, being awoken from hallucinations by scientific explorers. Find out more about Ugly Utopia at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #adaptation #crowdfunding #fantasy #phantasy #adventurefilm #acting #ig_filmmaker #latin #mystic #jungle #forest #screenshot #moviestill #explorers #scientists #sfxeffects

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Tension between scientists Karl von Mahlsdorf (Cyrus Rahbar) and Isabel Gonzalez (Lina Sanchez) in the pilot episode of Ugly Utopia. You can pre-order the series at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #adaptation #crowdfunding #fantasy #phantasy #adventurefilm #acting #ig_filmmaker #latin #mystic #jungle #forest #screenshot #moviestill #explorers #scientists

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The team of Ugly Utopia, waiting for the next scene. Contribute to the Crowdfunding campaign at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Instagram delenda est) #adventurefilm #crowdfunding #forest #danksigurd #jungle #Independentfilm #arthouse #fantasy #phantasy #filmarche #uglyutopia #camera #sound #action #movieset #exploration #jibarm #series #webseries #cameracrane #boommic

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I read my short story "Ugly Utopia" at the Analog in Berlin-Wedding, almost 6 years ago, accopianied by music from Markus Sorta. The series based on that story can be pre-ordered at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Ceterum autem censeo Instagraminem esse delendam) #uglyutopia #shamanic #performance #reading #multimedia #poetry #danksigurd #analog #overheadprojector #polilux #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #Adaptation #crowdfunding #fantasy #phantasy #light #psychedelic #mystic #trippy #Music #guitar #wahwahpedal

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Ugly Utopia - A mystical Webseries. Become part of our Crowdfunding campaign at: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia (Link in Bio) (Furthermore I believe that Instagram should be destroyed) #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #adaptation #crowdfunding #fantasy #adventurefilm #facepainting #acting #ig_filmmaker #latin #shamanic #psychedelic #mystic #trippy #jungle #forest #movieposter

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Thursday March 14th at 6pm in the filmArche, Lahnstraße 25! The site for our crowdfunding campaign will be activated on the 15th of March: Startnext.com/UglyUtopia Join us in counting down to the launch at midnight! @ricardo_valdivia_berlin will DJ for us and we'll screen a few first impressions from the pilot. (Furthermore I believe that we should all delete our Instagram accounts) #Party #uglyutopia #independentfilm #filmarche #webseries #arthouse #danksigurd #Adaptation #crowdfunding #Fantasy #light #facepainting #acting #light-being #lichtwesen #blacklight #Schwarzlicht #IG_filmmaker #latin #shamanic #psychedelic #mystic #trippy #Magic #dream

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The short story "Ugly Utopia" was written in 2011, and first performed in 2013 at the Analog in Berlin-Wedding:

Parts of it can be found in Thoughts Without Conclusions, if you search the eBook for "The wise, wrinkled medicine man raised his brown bottle and took a big sip out of it."