15 Minutes

• Action
• Crime
• Thriller

In the gritty, hyper-mediated landscape of New York City, “15 Minutes” unfolds as a darkly comedic and increasingly unsettling heist film fueled by the perverse logic of instant celebrity. Two opportunistic criminals, Oleg and Emil, stumble into a scheme to exploit America’s obsession with sensationalized news, turning their every action – from arson to murder – into performative spectacle for profit. They deliberately target a by-the-book detective and a courageous fireman, documenting their pursuit with a relentless video camera, transforming a criminal investigation into a twisted reality show audition. The film’s unsettling tension doesn’t stem from typical action sequences, but from a creeping paranoia as the line between hunter and hunted, victim and perpetrator, blurs under the constant glare of the media, revealing a scathing commentary on the commodification of tragedy and the lengths people will go to for notoriety.