Knit's Island
TITLE
Knit’s Island
DIRECTOR
Quentin L’helgoualc’h, Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse
COUNTRY
France
YEAR
2023
DURATION
95′
GENRE
Documentary
Knit's Island
Somewhere on the Internet, there is a space of 250 square kilometers in which individuals gather in community to simulate a survivalist fiction. Under the guise of avatars, a film crew enters this place and makes contact with players. Who are these inhabitants? Are they actually playing?
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Quentin L'helgoualc'h, Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse
Guilhem Causse, Ekiem Barbier and Quentin L’helgoualc’h met at the School of Fine Arts of Montpellier. In 2016 they formed a research group that questions the relationship to reality in online video games. In 2017 they tried their hand at a first documentary exploration in the game GTA V Online, and directed the medium-length film Marlowe Drive, which they screened during a retrospective exhibition of David Lynch’s cinema at the Art Center of Montpellier, MO.CO. The film goes to meet avatars animated by real people and addresses issues concerning our relationship to virtual through the representation of the American consumerist dream suggested by the game. The film was presented at the Brive medium-length film festival, at the FIFIB Bordeaux, at the Centquatre studio and at the Cartier foundation, among others. In 2018 they began writing the feature-length documentary Knit’s Island, also shot entirely in an online game. This time, they each chose to play an avatar in the survival simulation video game DayZ. For several years they immersed themselves in the game within a community of players willing to take part in the project. Meanwhile, they take part in seminars and conferences on digital technology, like at the Turing Centre at ETH Zurich, at the Sorbonne and at the University of Paris 8.
- DirectorQuentin L'helgoualc'h, Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse
- ScreenplayEkiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h
- CinematographyEkiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h
- EditingNicolas Bancilhon
- Cast
- Producer/s Boris Garavini
- Production CompanyLes Films Invisibles
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleKnit's Island
- Project TypeDocumentary
- Completion Date January 1, 2023
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Country of origin
France -
Country of filming
France - LanguageEnglish, French
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Quentin L'helgoualc'h, Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse
Guilhem Causse, Ekiem Barbier and Quentin L’helgoualc’h met at the School of Fine Arts of Montpellier. In 2016 they formed a research group that questions the relationship to reality in online video games. In 2017 they tried their hand at a first documentary exploration in the game GTA V Online, and directed the medium-length film Marlowe Drive, which they screened during a retrospective exhibition of David Lynch’s cinema at the Art Center of Montpellier, MO.CO. The film goes to meet avatars animated by real people and addresses issues concerning our relationship to virtual through the representation of the American consumerist dream suggested by the game. The film was presented at the Brive medium-length film festival, at the FIFIB Bordeaux, at the Centquatre studio and at the Cartier foundation, among others. In 2018 they began writing the feature-length documentary Knit’s Island, also shot entirely in an online game. This time, they each chose to play an avatar in the survival simulation video game DayZ. For several years they immersed themselves in the game within a community of players willing to take part in the project. Meanwhile, they take part in seminars and conferences on digital technology, like at the Turing Centre at ETH Zurich, at the Sorbonne and at the University of Paris 8.
