KNIT’S ISLAND
Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’Helgouac’h | France 2023 | 95 min. | French, English with English subtitles
SATURDAY, 18.05. | 9:15 pm
Votiv Kino, Gr. Saal | TICKETS
Austrian Premiere
Somewhere on the internet, in a 250 square kilometer space, people come together as a community to simulate a fictional survival. For some, this island has become a new virtual home where they can live out their fantasies and forget their everyday worries. In the form of avatars, a film team enters this place and makes contact with the players.
KNIT’S ISLAND is an expedition into unknown digital territory – an immersive experience that explores the boundaries between fiction and reality. With humour and seriousness, the at first anonymous virtual space is illuminated and reveals the hidden stories of the people in and behind it.
Directors: Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h
Cinematography: Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h
Editing: Nicolas Bancilhon
Sound: Mathieu Farnarier
Production: Boris Garavini (Les Films Invisibles)
BIOGRAPHY
Guilhem Causse, Ekiem Barbier and Quentin L’helgoualc’h met at the School of Fine Arts of Montpellier. In 2017 they directed Marlowe Drive, shot entirely in an online game, screened in various festival (FIFIB, Brive) and art centers (Fondation Cartier, Centquatre Paris). In 2018 they began writing their first feature-length documentary.
– Knit’s Island, 2023 (feature documentary)
– Marlowe Drive, 2017 (short documentary)
