Ekiem Barbier y Quentin L’helgoualc’h
Synopsis
Ekiem Barbier and Quentin L’helgoualc’h delve into creative exploration through unknown spaces, embracing the uncertain and finding inspiration in unexpected places. For them, cinema is not only an art, but a journey into unexplored territories where stories seek to be told. With a multidisciplinary background, they and their collaborators merge the boundaries of reality and the virtual world, using video games as a means to uncover hidden stories. The process becomes a slow unveiling of ideas, a collaborative exchange based on trust and friendship. In his film, the boundary between the real and the virtual is blurred, revealing a community united not only by play, but by the shared experience of discovery.
Chapters
- 1.
Why do you make films?
- 2.
How did the impulse to co-direct Knit's Island come about?
- 3.
What challenges does working in this way entail?
- 4.
What is it like to work with video games as a means of creation?
- 5.
How did you approach the staging of Knit's Island?
- 6.
Explain to us the use of pauses in this film.
- 7.
Is there a desire for innovation in your films?
- 8.
What criteria did you follow to choose the protagonists?
Bio
Guilhem Causse, Ekiem Barbier et Quentin L’helgoualc’h met at the School of Fine Arts of Montpellier. Their shared interests in virtual reality, video games and digital animation led them to develop a joint research group in 2016. In 2017, they shot their first documentary in the game GTA V Online, and produced a medium-length film Marlowe Drive. The film was screened at the Brive medium-length film festival, the FIFIB Bordeaux, the Centquatre studio, and at the Cartier Foundation. In 2018, they began writing the feature documentary Knit’s Island while also participating in conferences on digital technologies at universities including the Turing Center at ETH Zurich, the Sorbonne, and University of Paris 8.
Filmography
Directors:
- Knit's Island (2023)
- Marlowe Drive (2018)
