Sophie Barthes is a Franco-American filmmaker. Her directorial debut, “Cold Souls,” was released by Samuel Goldwyn and played in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature, “Madame Bovary,” was released in 2015 after premiering at Telluride.

“The Pod Generation” is screening at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, which runs from January 19-29.

W&H: Describe the film for us in your own words.

SB: “The Pod Generation” is a thought-provoking humanistic surrealist satire about a society madly in love with technology. Set in the not-so-distant future, my aim with this film is to raise questions about our relationship to technology and the the potential consequences of its unregulated intrusion