TPB-AFK: THE PIRATE BAY AWAY FROM KEYBOARD

DirectorS:  Simon Klose

The Pirate Bay - Away From Keyboard (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.
 
TPB-AFK focuses on the vastly different lives and personalities of TiAMO, Anakata and Brokep. With unique access to their notoriously private universe, director Simon Klose closely follows their escapades - be it in court in Stockholm, in a meeting with President Lula in Brazil, at a wedding in Laos, or while hard at work on a sofa in Bangkok.
 
Regardless of time and space, the irreconcilable chemistry and incessant arguing among the three founders persists. TiAMO can't stand Brokep's vegetarianism. Brokep can't stand TiAMO's booze habits. Anakata can't stand Brokep giving away their money to the rainforest project. The only thing they seem to agree on is an uncensored, free internet.
 
In TPB-AFK we also meet representatives of the film, record and game industries, who discuss their views on filesharing. The plaintiffs in the trial - MPAA, IFPI and the Anti-piracy bureau - tell their side of the story and testify that Sweden has become a pirate's nest. AFK (Away From Keyboard) is computer slang for being offline.
 
TPB-AFK is the story about a group of people in a digital community that sometimes leave the internets and meet offline - away from keyboard.