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Dreaming an Island

Sognando un’isola
written and directed by Andrea Pellerani
documentary
2021
Switzerland
76 min
Japanese language
Tags
  • exotic place
  • abandonment
  • island
  • destruction
  • post-industrialization
  • ecology
  • microcosm
  • elderly
  • far from civilization
  • tourist route
  • visual anthropology
  • history of Japan
  • family
Festivals
  • Italy Torino Underground Cinefest 2022 (Documentary Section) 
  • Russia Pacific Meridian FF 2022 (Documentary section)
  • Switzerland Visions du Réel IFF 2021 (National Competition)
Synopsis

What would happen if everything stopped? If the wheels of the economy were to come off permanently? The Japanese island of Ikeshima is a place that seems to be ahead of its time, showing us a possible future. The few remaining inhabitants live in a surreal setting, clinging firmly to a normality that seems however to escape them. A dreamlike journey, which forces us to think about our relationship with the planet but also about social isolation and loneliness.

Crew
director of photography Amanda Caprara, Andrea Pellerani
editing Nicolò Tettamanti
sound Rico Andriolo
sound editing & sound mix Andrea Pilloni
Music Matteo Taheri
color grading Patrischa Freuler
producer Tiziana Soudani, Gabriella De Gara Bucciarelli
coproducer Silvana Bezzola-Rigolini
production by Amka Films Productions
Press
Pellerani also emphasises dutiful bravery in affirming old ways and believing they can be renewed. In a peppy coda, children and teachers arrive at an old people’s home to present them with artwork, play darts and sing old-time ditties. Mines can be exhausted but human connection endures in this fond not-quite-swansong.
The Guardian, Phil Hoad
Notes from the director

What’s left when mankind and the economy leave a previously densely populated place? This movie is a personal research into our relationship with our planet, but also about modernity and society. Ikeshima reflects our possible future, it’s were dreams and thoughts live. An imaginary island in some ways, where the past unveils our present flaws. A metaphor of the transience of what we create, but believe is eternal.

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