2022
Film
19’
The seabed is so deep that no light ever reaches it.
Very few boats pass through,
There’s no telling when things will fall.
This experimental documentary profiles a space object and its nosedive into the darkness of a space graveyard. A woman scientist explains her affection for this object and the absence of images recording this mysterious site. This inverted science-fiction journey combines real and fictional archives to steer us to the edges of an invisible place.
With the exceptional participation of Carole Huot-Duclos
Director of photography: Jorge Piquer Rodriguez
Camera A: Paul Hermann
Camera B: Fabien Croguennec
Sound engineer: Raphaël Zucconi
Gaffer: Cyril Dupont
Grip: Geraldo Haag
Film set photographer: Audrey Bazin
Make-up artist: Lou Caron
Unit production manager: Audrey Bazin
Assistant: Audrey Duclos
VFX Director: Paul Guilbert
VFX Assistance: Toast Agency
Video editor: Margaux Serre, Ana Elena Tejera, Stéphanie Roland
Colorist: Jorge Piquer Rodriguez
Sound design: Ludivine Pelé
Foley: Luc Aureille
Sound editor: Ludivine Pelé
Sound mixer: Yannick Delmaire
Graphic Design: Studio Otamendi
Production coordinator: Barbara Merlier
Production: Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains
With the support of Neuflize OBC, Thalès Alenia Space, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales,
European Space Agency, Actes Académie, Toast Agency and Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
FESTIVALS
- Visions du Réel, Nyon (07 - 17 April 2022) Opening scenes Competition (World premiere) TËNK Award
- Lichter FilmFest Frankfurt International, Basis Frankfurt (10 - 15 May 2022) Lichter Film Award shortlist
- Flatpack Festival, Birmingham, (17 - 22 May 2022) Short Competition
- FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho (20 - 27 June 2022) Silver lynx for experimental film, honorable mention
- Around Vidéo / Art Fair, Lille (30 September - 02 October 2022)
- Corsica.doc, Ajaccio (11 - 16 October 2022) New Talents competitions Best Short Award
- Imagine Science Film festival, New York (14 - 21 October 2022)
- Tehran International Short Film festival (19 - 24 October 2022) competition
- FestiFreak La plata International Film Festival (19 – 30 October 2022) International short films exhibition program
- SIC Symposium – Fictional strategies in reality-based films, Brussels (20 - 21 October 2022)
- Festival Dei Popoli (5 - 13 November 2022) Official selection
- Biennales Chroniques, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence (11 November 2022 - 22 January 2023)
- ZINEBI International festival of documentary and short film of Bilbao (11 - 18 November 2022) Documentary competition
- FIFAM Festival International du film d’Amiens (11 - 19 November 2022) Programmation Hauts-de-France
- FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH (13 - 19 November 2022) Official selection ARRI Award for best documentary
- Izmir Kisa Film Festival (14 - 20 November 2022) Panorama Section
- Kasseler Dokfest (15 - 20 November 2022)
- PÖFF Shorts / Black nights Film Festival (15 - 23 November 2022) Competition: New Talents Live-Action
- Blue Marble, ISELP, Belgium (19 November 2022)
- Curta Cinema, Rio de Janeiro International short fim festival (1-7 December 2022) International competition
- Cinéma Prospectif, Centre Pompidou, France (26 January, 2023)
- Festival True / False, Columbia, United States (2 - 5 March 2023)
- Festival REGARD, Saguenay, Canada (22 - 26 March 2023)
- Glasgow Shorts Film festival, United kingdom (22 - 26 March, 2023) Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film
- FID Marseille, La fête du métrage, France (17 March 2023) Programme: Une soirée au Fresnoy
- Paysage. Fenêtre sur la nature, Louvre-Lens, France (29 March - 24 July 2023) Group exhibition
- Visions du Réel Sélection, Plateforme TËNK (21 April 2023) Online screening
- International Festival of Science Documentary Academia Olomouc, Czech Republic (25 - 30 April 2023) short film competition
- Growing plants in the dark, Bòlit, Spain (9 June - 8 October, 2023) Group exhibition
- The infinity of grapes, CNEAI, France (29 June - 21 October, 2023) Group exhibition
- Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Colombia (13 - 31 August, 2023) Panorama otras altitudes
- MakeDox, Macedonia (17 - 24 August, 2023) Student competition
- Rockaway Film Festival, New York (19 - 27 August 2023) Coastal knowledge: mosaic of mystery
- TISFF THESS INTERNATIONAL SHORTS, Greece (1 - 21 October, 2023) Official selection
- EUREKA University Film Festival, Colombia (19 - 26 October, 2023) International competition
- Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin, Paris (30 October - 5 November 2023) International competition
- Galerie Elektra, Canada (8 - 12 November, 2023) Duo show
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (8 - 12 November, 2023) Experimental programme
- Braga Science Film Fest, Portugal (18 - 26 November, 2023) Official selection
- Territoires en Images, France (23 - 25 November, 2023) Special mention, Best documentary
- London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (19 - 28 January, 2024) Documentary:Journey to the earth
- Poelp, Belgium (8 February, 2024) Carte Blanche Stéphanie Roland
- Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (7 - 17 March, 2024) International competition
- Les docs de Noirmoutier, France (28 - 31 March 2024) Programme thématique: La mer
- Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin, Berlin (9 - 14 April 2024)
- Archipels fantômes, programme Mondes Nouveaux, île Nouvelle, France (28 April 2024) Trilogie Stéphanie Roland
- Stellar Scape, Pavillon, Belgium (21 June 2024 - 26 January 2025) Exposition collective
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