Podesta Island

2021
Film
23’





According to Google Earth, Podesta Island does exist.
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.









CREDITS

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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