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Dreaming an Island

Dreaming an Island

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.

Dir. Andrea Pellerani - 76min - 2021 - Switzerland

"gives us a guided tour of what a post-industrial, post-growth, or even an eerily post-human future might look like... human connection endures in this fond not-quite-swansong." - The Guardian.

"A journey full of poetry that refers to the ephemeral nature of all human activity – the traces of which are gradually concealed by a nature that is reclaiming its rights." - Visions du Reel

"catapults us into a world that’s both dreamlike and post-apocalyptic...transports us far, far away from our consumerist habits to a lawless and timeless, dreamlike world, an island caught between a yearning for the comfort of past habits and curiosity for a future dominated by Nature as she tends to needs which have been smothered for too long." - Cineuropa

Dreaming an Island
  • Dreaming an Island

    Dir. Andrea Pellerani - 76min - 2021 - Switzerland

    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 i...

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    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 ...

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