“The internet's influence on our collective psyche was cleverly mapped out in Shannon Lu’s Antihardcore where harmless online media morphs into fuel for radicalisation. The film begins playfully, with a familiar, almost nostalgic stream of recognisable memes. But as the sequence unfolds, the tone shifts—the humour gives way to something more unsettling, exposing the underlying aggression embedded in these digital spaces. What starts as ironic, absurd, and seemingly harmless becomes a stark examination of extremist rhetoric, and the slow creep of ideology disguised as culture.“ - ShowStudio