Under the Lake
TITLE
Under the Lake
DIRECTOR
Thanasis Trouboukis
COUNTRY
Greece, Finland
YEAR
2022
DURATION
17′
GENRE
Short Documentary
Overview

Under the Lake
As a mountainous village in Greece sinks under the lake, the memories of its inhabitants emerge from the water.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Thanasis Trouboukis
Thanasis Trouboukis explores cinema on the fluid border between fiction and documentary. His work questions memory, reality, dreams and the ambiguity between them. He is a graduate of Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains in France, under the mentorship of Béla Tarr, as well as an alumnus of Sarajevo Talents (Pack & Pitch 2020). His short films have been selected by numerous festivals, among them Oberhausen ISFF, Sarajevo FF, Palm Springs International Shortfest, Hong Kong IFF, Vienna Shorts, Encounters FF, CPH:DOX, Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, Filmfest Dresden ISFF, Documenta 14, Drama ISFF and Thessaloniki IFF. He is currently developing his feature-length directorial debut, LIONFISH, supported by Greek Film Centre (GFC) and Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC).
Credits
- Director Thanasis Trouboukis
- Screenplay Thanasis Trouboukis
- Cinematography Konstantinos Koukoulios
- Editing Yannis Chalkiadakis
- Cast
- Producer/s Danai Anagnostou, Kyveli Short, Thanasis Trouboukis
- Production Company Greek Film Center
- Distributor/s
Specifications
- Project Title Under the Lake
- Project Type Short Documentary
- Completion Date May 9, 2022
- Country of origin Greece
- Country of filming Greece
- Language No Dialogue
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No

Thanasis Trouboukis
Thanasis Trouboukis explores cinema on the fluid border between fiction and documentary. His work questions memory, reality, dreams and the ambiguity between them. He is a graduate of Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains in France, under the mentorship of Béla Tarr, as well as an alumnus of Sarajevo Talents (Pack & Pitch 2020). His short films have been selected by numerous festivals, among them Oberhausen ISFF, Sarajevo FF, Palm Springs International Shortfest, Hong Kong IFF, Vienna Shorts, Encounters FF, CPH:DOX, Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, Filmfest Dresden ISFF, Documenta 14, Drama ISFF and Thessaloniki IFF. He is currently developing his feature-length directorial debut, LIONFISH, supported by Greek Film Centre (GFC) and Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC).
SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Athens International Film Festival
Best Short Film, 2022

Tirana International Film Festival
Short Documentary Competition, 2022

Sarajevo Film Festival
European Shorts, 2022