Synti, Synti (the flayed island) · 2019
French title : Synti, synti (l’île écorchée) | Documentary | 30′
Avec Helga Hallbergsdóttir, Sigurmundur G. Einarsson, Unnur Olafsdóttir
RÉSUMÉ. On 11 March 1984, on the island of Heimaey in southern Iceland, the Hellisey sank with five sailors on board. Only one of them survived; his name was Guðlaugur Friðþorsson, and he spent the night crossing the ocean to get back to his island. Through the infamous story of this fisherman, we discover the relationship between the people of Heimaey and the bewitching and dangerous nature of the island.
(FR) Le 11 mars 1984 sur l’île d’Heimaey, au Sud de l’Islande, survient le naufrage de l’Hellisey avec cinq marins à son bord. Seul l’un d’entre eux survit ; il s’appelle Guðlaugur Friðþorsson, et il passe la nuit à traverser l’océan pour regagner son île. À travers l’histoire tristement célèbre de ce pêcheur, on découvre la relation des habitants d’Heimaey à la nature envoûtante et dangereuse de l’île.
WRITING, DIRECTING & CINEMATOGRAPHY Marion Jhöaner
SOUND Adriano Cerone, Geoffrey Perrier, Thomas Van Pottelberge
EDITING Jeanne Fontaine
COLORIST Maxence Lemonnier
POSTER Joris Laquittant
PRODUCTION Azadi Productions, in coproduction with In Amor Films
IN COLLABORATION WITH Les Films par la Bande Son, Avril Films.
N° VISA 152.463
WITH THE SUPPORT OF Alliance Française de Reykjavik, association France Islande, association Alsace-Islande.
17 FESTIVALS 11th International Film Festival Pêcheurs du Monde 2019, Lorient, France ● Festival 7ème Lune 2019, Rennes, France ● Festival de film Méditerranéen of Split, Croatia ● 19th Festival du Film Insulaire de Groix (FIFIG), France ● 42ème Festival de Douarnenez 2019, France ● Edera Film Festival 2019, Trévise, Italia ● Betina Film Festival 2019, Croatia ● Les Percéides – 11ème Festival international de cinéma et d’art de Percé 2019, Québec, Canada ● Västerås Film Festival 2019, Sweden ● 9e International Film Festival « Cinema and You », Mariupol, Ukraine ● 5e Swidnica Film Festival SPEKTRUM, Poland ● International Film Festival of Cinema & Sea, Mirleft, Marocco ● 15ème International Film Festival ‘Up And Coming’, Hanovre, Germany
4 PRIZES Young Jury Prize at the Festival International de Films Pêcheurs du Monde 2019, Lorient, France ● Special Mention of the Documentary Jury at the Edera Film Festival 2019, Treviso, Italy ● Young Jury Prize at the FIFIG 2019 (Festival International du Film Insulaire de Groix) ● « Le Cinématographe » Prize from the Jury of the inmates of the Świdnica Remand Prison at the SPEKTRUM Festival, Poland