38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Knit's Island, l'île sans fin

Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L'helgoualc'h

Image Knit's Island, l'île sans fin
© DR
France
2023 Documentaire 1h35
Somewhere on the internet, there is a space of 250 square kilometres in which individuals gather in a 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, this group will take us on a tour of the boundaries 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.
Screenplay : Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h
Image : Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h
Sound : Mathieu Farnarier
Editing : Nicolas Bancilhon
Production : Les Films Invisibles
Distribution: Norte Distribution
Guilhem Causse, Ekiem Barbier and Quentin L'helgoualc'h met at Art School in Montpellier. In 2017, they made Marlowe Drive (FIFIB, Brive), a medium-length film made up solely of images from video games. Knit's Island is their first feature film.