Under the Lake
Thanasis Trouboukis
Presented only in theatres
This film is part of the program Rien à voir : Filmer le vide, l’absence, l’invisible
As a mountain village in Greece sinks under the lake, the memories of its inhabitants emerge from the water, the dogs hunt, the camera searches for a trace, and the gazes linger, fixating on the absence.
Director’s statement:
Under the lake portrays a village that disappeared in 1981 with the creation of a water dam. As the houses were evacuated, the landscape became a ghost-like area, with buildings disappearing under the water. Is this sinking ecosystem an image from the past or a projection for the future? Floods erase human activity and water, just like fire leaves no trace behind. But how is human memory written in water?
- Thanasis Trouboukis
This film is part of the program Rien à voir : Filmer le vide, l’absence, l’invisible
As a mountain village in Greece sinks under the lake, the memories of its inhabitants emerge from the water, the dogs hunt, the camera searches for a trace, and the gazes linger, fixating on the absence.
Director’s statement:
Under the lake portrays a village that disappeared in 1981 with the creation of a water dam. As the houses were evacuated, the landscape became a ghost-like area, with buildings disappearing under the water. Is this sinking ecosystem an image from the past or a projection for the future? Floods erase human activity and water, just like fire leaves no trace behind. But how is human memory written in water?
- Thanasis Trouboukis
Overview of some festivals:
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada (2022)
Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece (2022)
Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (2022)
Athens International Film Festival, Greece (2022)
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2022)
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada (2022)
Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece (2022)
Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (2022)
Athens International Film Festival, Greece (2022)
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2022)
| Editing | Yannis Chalkiadakis |
| Sound | Leandros Dounis, Nikos Linardopoulos |
Session
• Université Concordia - J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell
Friday, march 21, 2025, 05:30 p.m. — 06:33 p.m.
Production
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, as well as an alumnus of Sarajevo Talents (Pack & Pitch 2020). His short films have been selected by numerous festivals, among them Palm Springs International Shortfest, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Hong Kong IFF, Vienna Shorts, Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, Filmfest Dresden ISFF, Documenta 14, Athens IFF and Thessaloniki IFF. He is currently developing his feature-length directorial debut, Lionfish, supported by Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC).
Biographical notes provided by the film production team and edited by Le FIFA’s team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team and edited by Le FIFA’s team
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Université Concordia - J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell
Friday, march 21, 2025, 05:30 p.m.
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