Delete Beach

Lemming or Burner — how will they remember you? Delete Beach is a futuristic tale set in the near future of a schoolgirl who joins an anti-capitalist resistance group. In a society where carbon-based energy is outlawed yet still toils under the regime of expansion and growth, petroleum becomes the fighters’ refuge. They smoke it, squander it, and surrender their bodies to the sea, ultimately providing fuel for future struggles. Inspired by idyllic Scandinavian landscapes and eco-feminist themes that position anime as a political genre, Phil Collins’ collaboration with one of Japan’s leading animation studios STUDIO4℃ (Tekkonkinkreet) and award-winning composer Mica Levi (Under the Skin) brings to life a world at once familiar and disquietingly corroded, adrift without certainty in an age after the end of oil.