The film accompanies the experienced speleologist and alpinist Lea Odermatt on her tours beneath the earth‘s surface, through claustrophobic corridors, gigantic galleries and halls that are otherwise visible to researchers only.
CAVES by Carlos Isabel Garcia
360 Documentary Experience, 2021, 19′
Director: Carlos Isabel Garcia
Authors: Carlos Isabel Garcia, Thaïs Odermatt
Producer: Franziska Sonder
With Lea Odermatt, Nora Sanz, Diego Sanz
Crew
Editor: Thaïs Odermatt
Music, Sound Design, ADR & Mixing: Patrycja Pakiela, Raumgleiter
In coproduction with Swiss national broadcaster (SRF)
With the support of: Federal Office of Culture, Innerschweizer Filmfachgruppe IFFG (NW/LU), Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Casimir Eigensatz, Schindler Stiftung, FUKA-Fonds
Distribution
World Sales: wide international
Awards (selection)
2021
VR AWARD at Kurzfilmfestival Köln (DE) | Winner Sagrada Familia Best Virtual Reality at Barcelona Planet Film Festival (SP)
Festivals (selection)
2021
Barcelona Planet Film Festival (SP) | QLD XR Festival (AU) | KFFK, Kurzfilmfestival Köln (DE) 2021 *Virtual Reality | Zuger Filmtage (CH) | 78th Venice International Film Festival (IT) *Venice VR Expended
Reviews
«Ein Forschungstrip in den Untergrund.»
SRF Kultur
