off the grid

Imagine a future in which millions of families live off the grid, powering their homes and vehicles with dirt-cheap portable fuel cells.

If you're annoying folks, you'll essentially cease to exist, as those you annoy drop you off the grid.

“You have to have an awful lot of energy and passion to make films with no funding and no prospect of having them seen in public in your home country except under the radar and off the grid,” said Sally Berger, the curator of the festival, who visited China last fall.