8th Wonderland is a 2008 French science fiction film directed by Nicolas Alberny and Jean Mach.

Plot

8th Wonderland is a story about the first virtual country that was founded on the internet by a community containing hundreds of people from all over the world. These people got tired of listening to boring speeches from politicians they wanted to act and change the world with their actions. 8th Wonderland has weekly votes where people decide over the next actions e.g. they placed vending machines for condoms in the Vatican, a Darwin-Bible gets printed and distributed many times, and a deal about nuclear energy between Russia and Iran is prevented by a fake interpreter from 8th wonderland. Also professional players from soccer teams have to work in a Chinese factory where children work under horrible circumstances and produce shoes. Of course these actions were spread internalionally all over the media so that secret service started paying attention to the group. Suddendly an imposter pretends being the founder of 8th Wonderland to later use his popularity for his own ad campaigns. Now the citizens of 8th Wonderland have to act to save the face of their community.

Cast

• Matthew Géczy
  Matthew Géczy
  Matthew Géczy is an American movie and television actor, voice actor, and animation voice director based in Paris, France. He has acted in several films for television and cinema and even worked with acclaimed directors such as Brian De Palma and Thomas Vinterberg...
  
   as John McClane
• Robert William Bradford
  Robert William Bradford
  Robert William Bradford is a pioneering Canadian aviation artist, instrumental in the founding of the Canada Aviation Museum.-Biography:...
  
   as David
• Alain Azerot as César
• Eloïssa Florez as Isabella
• Ahlima Mhamdi as Rachida
• Michael Hofland as Karel
• Luca Lombardi
  Luca Lombardi
  -Biography:Lombardi studied composition initially with Armando Renzi and Roberto Lupi, later enrolling at the Pesaro Conservatory where he studied with Boris Porena, receiving his diploma in 1970. He then studied musicology at the University of Rome, graduating with a thesis on Hanns Eisler...
  
   as Giovanni
• Dimitri Michelsen as Dawson
• Irina Ninova as Ludmila
• Laetitia Noyon as Andie
• Gerald Papasyan as Ahmed
• Pierre-Luc Scotto as Alain
• Nicolas Vayssie as Esteban
• Jesse Joe Walsh as The Printer
• Anton Yakovlev as The Russian President
• Jessica Erickson as American journalist

Accolades

8th Wonderland won several awards at film festivals:

• "Special Mention" at Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
  Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
  The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival , previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film was created in 1983 as a venue for horror, thriller and science fiction films. It takes place in Brussels, every year in March...
  
   2009
• "Best International Film" and "Jury Prize" at Fant-Asia Film Festival 2009. Also 2nd place for "Most Innovative Film (Short or Feature)".
• "Sci-Fi Award" at Phoenix International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival 2009

8th Wonderland online

Since 2010 there is the possibility to join 8th Wonderland online and to become a real citizen. The country has a constitution, a chat room and a forum to vote for propositions.