This film is a meditative walk across terrains, where a protagonist traverses atopic spaces thriving only at a level of foundational life; gaseous stars, dense plants, glittering rocks and uncontrolled water. Its nonlinear narrative examines how the conscious absorbs and processes hostilities of society and environment into the unconscious. The camera's scrutiny of the protagonist hints at this, its hesitance and confusion suggesting that perhaps these surroundings actually form a dystopia of sorts. With questions of identity often linked to where one considers ‘home', perhaps such atopias - that of space, sky, water, and fissures deep beneath the ground - can be compromises for those denied the chance to ever feel they have one.


Atopias: I Have Left that Dark Cave Forever, My Body has Blended with Hers.
2019
Single Channel, 22 minutes, 1 seconds, Colour, Stereo.


Directors : Daniela Yohannes and Julien Béramis

Cinematographer : Ludovic Claire

Macro Videography : Tilly Mint

Colorist : Yannig Willmann

Sound Design : Basile Andrieu

Research and Editorial Assistance : Steve Shaw

Project Consultation : Sarah Hammond

Film Poster : Manuel Sepulveda

With the support from the International Curators Forum (ICF)


Distribution :
Sudu Connexion

Contact :
Sudu Connexion
festival(@)sudu.film



Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
- www.danielayohannes.com/film/atopias-i-have-left-that-dark-cave-forever-my-body-has-blended-with-hers-/view/8807424/2/8807425
- https://tropiques-atrium.fr/cinemartinique/events/atopias-the-homeless-wanderer/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 10 April 2025