A film by Elise Florenty & Marcel Türkowsky
2019
Documentary/experimental, 40 min, HD.
Produced by Michigan Films, Elise Florenty & Marcel Türkowsky.
With the support of Centre National des Arts Plastiques (C.N.A.P. Image/Mouvement), Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa.
EN / Somewhere in the Aegean Sea lies an eroded island where a Homerian myth collides with the spirit of our virtualized times : Lemnos. There, a solitary man shapeshifts from argonaut to avatar experiencing different states of embodiment and disembodiment. Although he exiled himself from Athens to escape the crisis, past and future scenarios of conflict are gradually catching up on him. What appears to be a predictive fictional Odyssey is made of documentary footage that interweaves the drifter’s venture on the island with recorded Altis video-game sessions from Youtube.
FR / Un jeune Athénien exilé sur l'île aride et militarisée de Lemnos se retrouve au cœur de deux complots tragiques qui hantent le territoire : l'un du passé – la trahison de l’Argonaute Filoktitis, l’autre du futur – la guerre dystopique du jeu vidéo Altis.
Directed by Elise Florenty & Marcel Türkowsky
Edited by Elise Florenty, Marcel Türkowsky, Rudi Maerten
FESTIVALS
2019
Berwick film & Media Arts Festival, New Cinema Competition
2020
Cinéma du Réel, International competition – Best Short film award
European Media Art Festival (EMAF), International competition
Festival dei popoli, International competition
La Cabina – Amalgama Prize, Best Mid-Length Non-Fiction Film
FIDOCS 24, Santiago, International competition
Transcinema, Transficciones Competition
2021
Aricadoc international non-fiction film festival, International competition
Frontera Sur, International Non-Fiction FF of Chile
FIDBA9, Buenos Aires, New Narratives Competition
VOD : https://vimeo.com/ondemand/backto2069