2021
Film
23’
According to Wikipedia, Podesta Island does not exist.
So does it exist?
Are there still uncharted regions in our hyper-connected, mapped world?
By comparing documentary sources with the stories and legends inspired by the island, the film Podesta Island paints a portrait of a controversial phantom island island. Combining satellite imagery and real footage, this journey to Terra Incognita celebrates imaginary geography.
Cast: Manon Joannotéguy, Maya Lombard, Fabien Magry
Assistant director: Camille Mol
Director of photography: Jorge Piquer Rodriguez
First assistant camera: Aurélien Dehin
Second assistant camera: Marco Mariani
Sound engineer: Ludivine Pelé
Boom operator: Deborah Drelon
Gaffer: Cyril Dupont
Grip: Gilles Lacroix
Best boy: Nino Vincent
Unit production manager: Frédéric Moraine
Assistant unit manager: Nicolas Goffe, Pierre Toussaint
Video editor: Liyo Gong, Stéphanie Roland
Colorist: Jorge Piquer Rodriguez
Sound editor, sound effects: Ludivine Pelé
Assistant sound editor: Cyril Descamps
Sound mixer: Geoffrey Durcak
Graphic design: EKTA
Production: Le Fresnoy- Studio National des Arts Contemporains
FESTIVALS
- FID Marseille, France (19 - 25 July, 2021) Flash Competition Alice Guy Award
- FIFIG - Festival International du film insulaire de Groix, France (18-23 August) Documentary Competition
- Film Festival Münster, Germany (16 - 26 September, 2021) European Competition
- Festifreaks La Plata International Independent Film Festival, Argentina (1-17 October, 2021) Short Competition
- Festival Actoral, France (1 - 17 October) Carte blanche FID Marseille
- FEST New Directors / New Films Festival, Portugal (4 - 11 October, 2021) Short Documentary Competition
- New Holland International debut Film Festival, Russia (6 - 13 October, 2021) Short competition
- Les sentinelles - Panorama 22, Fresnoy - Studio National, France (15 October - 20 April, 2021)
- Imagine Science Film Festival, United States (15 - 22 October, 2021) Short competition
- ZINEBI - International Festival of documentary and short film of Bilbao, Spain (12 - 19 November, 2021) Short competition
- Mois du Doc, Belgium, (28 November, 2021) Au bout du monde
- Golden Harvest Film Festival, Japan (28 November, 2021) Short competition Best short film Award, Best experimental film Award
- Blue Danube Film Festival, Austria (16 - 23 January, 2022) short documentary competition
- HangArt créatif, Campus créatif de Lille, France (14 March, 2022) Soirée Court-métrage
- Hotel académique, Campus créatif de Lille, France (19 March, 2022) Nuit de la créativité
- Glasgow Shorts Film festival, United kingdom (23 - 27 March, 2022) Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film
- Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin & Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, France (06 May, 2022) Programme 25 Arts seconde
- Festival ECRÃ, Brazil (10 - 24 July, 2022) Short competition
- Bogotá Experimental Film Festival (12 - 18 August, 2022) Short experimental
- Equinoxio Film Festival, Bogotá, Colombia (15 - 22 September 2022) Short competition
- Rockaway Film Festival, New York (17 - 25 September 2022) Coastal knowledge short program
- Blue Marble, ISELP, Belgium (06 October - 18 December, 2022)
- TISFF - Thessaloniki International Shorts, Greece (10 October, 2022) Short programme
- Futuring Islands seminar, Vienna (3 - 6 November, 2022)
- Still voices Film Festival, Ireland (9 - 13 November, 2022) Student competitions
- Beijing International Short Film Festival (18-28 November, 2022) International competition
- Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Turkey (23 - 27 November, 2022) Short competition
- LEMON Batumi International Short film festival, Georgia (23 - 28 November, 2022)
- Mutoscope Festival, France (2 - 4 December, 2022)
- Tangier Film Festival (22 - 25 December, 2022) Official competition Best cinematography
- Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media (12 - 16 January, 2023) Official competition
- Cinéma Prospectif, Centre Pompidou, Paris (26 January, 2023)
- Poelp, Belgium (8 February, 2024) Carte Blanche Stéphanie Roland
- Labocine LIVE, USA (2-4 March 2024) Online screening
- Archipels fantômes, programme Mondes Nouveaux,Nîle Nouvelle, France (28 April 2024) Trilogie Stéphanie Roland
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