The Island

The Island.

Rosa and her friends have decided to spend the night on “the island”, a stretch of beach that has become their realm. It’s the last night of the summer, they’re turning eighteen, the time to live it all. To write and rehearse this film, Damien Manivel brought together seven teenagers in Brittany, in the summer of 2022. Due to lack of funding, the filming planned for the following month had to be canceled and the project abandoned. However, today, The Island exists, with Rosa, her friends, the last night of summer, the time to live it all. 

Director.

After working as a dancer, Damien Manivel directed several remarked short films including The Lady with the Dog, which won the Jean Vigo Prize. Since 2014, he has written and directed six feature films presented at the major film festivals, including A Young Poet (2014), receiving the Special Mention of Jury Cineasti del Presente in Locarno and winner of the Pesaro Film Festival among others, The Park (2016), presented at the Cannes Acid and winner in Jeonju, Takara–The Night I Swam (2018), presented in Venice, Isadora’s Children (2019), awarded with the Best Director Prize in Locarno and Magdala which made its world premiere at the ACID Cannes 2022 selection.