Phantom Islands (2018)
Overview
Phantom Islands is an experimental film that exists at the boundary of documentary and fiction. It follows a couple adrift and disoriented in the stunning landscape of Ireland’s islands. Yet this deliberately melodramatic romance is constantly questioned by a provocative cinematic approach that ultimately results in a hypnotic and visceral inquiry into the very possibility of documentary objectivity.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.276 |
Directed By
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Crew
Pouya Ahmadi
Vicky Langan
Katie McFadden
Jann Clavadetscher
Michael Higgins
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Amanda Feery
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Jann Clavadetscher
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Maximilian Le Cain
Alan Fitzpatrick
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Atoosa Pour Hosseini
Conor Horgan
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