KNIT'S ISLAND
A film by Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse & Quentin L’helgoualc’h
2023, 96 minutes
2023, 96 minutes
No. 438
Documentary
Documentary
Description
Somewhere on the Internet, there is a space of 250 square kilometres 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 the ’locals’’ This mysterious, post-apocalyptic rural landscape is revealed as a meeting place, where stories, ideas and friendships are shared.
Slowly the players drop their masks to reveal their realities, their daily lives, their relationships of love and friendship. Mixing their memories of the game with the stories of their real lives, a group will take us on a walk on the borders of the Internet. By going to the edge of the game, in search of the limits of this place, the film explores the first steps of the virtualization of our lives, and questions the future of our world.
Slowly the players drop their masks to reveal their realities, their daily lives, their relationships of love and friendship. Mixing their memories of the game with the stories of their real lives, a group will take us on a walk on the borders of the Internet. By going to the edge of the game, in search of the limits of this place, the film explores the first steps of the virtualization of our lives, and questions the future of our world.
Festivals
Official Selection, Visions du Réel
Official Selection, Subversive Film Festival
Official Selection, Camden International Film Festival
Official Selection, Ottawa International Animation Festival
Official Selection, Camden International Film Festival
Official Selection, Ottawa International Animation Festival
Reviews
“A masterful editing work achieves avoiding the typical discontinuity of long gaming sessions in building a dramaturgic line where the unknown players become acquaintances, friends – and where the virtual and the real will be felt as perfectly melded.” - Giuseppe Di Salvatore, FilmExplorer
“a fascinating, original and disconcerting portrait of its inhabitants” - Nick Cunningham, Business Doc Europe
“Knit’s Island is a gentle enquiry into the reality of the video game world which yields fascinating results.” - Tara Judah, ScreenDaily
