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

Specifications

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

Group 1579

Athens International Film Festival

Best Short Film, 2022

Group 1579

Tirana International Film Festival

Short Documentary Competition, 2022

Group 1579

Sarajevo Film Festival

European Shorts, 2022

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