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TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay - Away from Keyboard

2013 · 82 min

A quietly absorbing, humanising look at idealistic hackers under legal siege, balancing courtroom tension with wry, bittersweet character moments.

Directed by
Simon Klose
Genres
Documentary, Crime
Starring
Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde
Overview
TPB AFK is a documentary about three computer addicts who redefined the world of media distribution with their hobby homepage The Pirate Bay. How did Tiamo, a beer crazy hardware fanatic, Brokep a tree hugging eco activist and Anakata – a paranoid hacker libertarian – get the White House to threaten the Swedish government with trade sanctions? TPB AFK explores what Hollywood’s most hated pirates go through on a personal level.

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Directed by
Simon Klose
Genres
Documentary, Crime
Starring
Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • technology
  • power
  • media
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary, crime
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
82 min
Country
Denmark, Sweden
Languages
English, Swedish

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