“The Wonder Way” BY Emmanuelle Antille

2023 · color · CH · EN, FR / EN · 94’ · In competition

“WONDER IS EVERYTHING! IT’S THE SURGE OF LIFE THAT’S ALL AROUND US AND ALL INSIDE US.”

HOW TO CREATE A WORLD OF YOUR OWN? PUSH BACK THE LIMITS OF YOUR IMAGINATION?

The Wonder Way is an exploration in search of extraordinary territories, terrestrial or celestial paradises, intriguing and uncharted.

A journey out of time, seeking encounters with those who imagine other worlds within this world.

From Randlett King Lawrence’s phantasmagoria to Charles Ross’s astral sculpture Star Axis, through Jugnet+Clairet’s enigmatic maps, Noah Purifoy’s Desert Museum, Jean Wisniewski’s Garden of Eden or Didier Queloz’s first exoplanet, The Wonder Way takes us to the most striking universes and draw a new cartography of the world in a great breath of freedom and magic.

THE DIRECTOR | EMMANUELLE ANTILLE

Born in 1972 in Lausanne, Emmanuelle Antille studied at the ESAV in Geneva and at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. Since 1995, she has developed her artistic practice as a video artist and film director.

Emmanuelle Antille has received numerous awards and recognitions: three Swiss Art Awards, the Kiefer-Hablitzel Prize, the Review film contest Migros Culture, Residencies in Berlin and in Paris, the Prix Découverte at the Festival de Namur, among others.

Her work has been presented at the Kunstverein in Frankfurt, the Renaissance Society in Chicago, the National Gallery in Reykjavik, the CCA in Glasgow, the Toyko Wonder Site in Tokyo, the De Appel in Amsterdam, the Migros Museum in Zurich, Art Unlimited in Basel, the Jeu de Paume and the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Her films have been selected in numerous festivals.

In 2003 Emmanuelle Antille represented Switzerland at the 50th Venice Biennale in the national pavilion.

In 2012, she directed her second feature film, entitled AVANTI with Hanna Schygulla and Miou-Miou. In 2018, she directed A Bright Light – Karen and the Process, a documentary film on the cult singer Karen Dalton. The Wonder Way is her second feature-lengh documentary.

CREDITS

Directed by

EMMANUELLE ANTILLE

Original Music

CHRISTIAN PAHUD

Image

EMMANUELLE ANTILLE JULES GUARNERI SAYAKA MIZUNO CARMEN JAQUIER

Assistant Director and Sound

MALIKA PELLICIOLI

Editing

EMMANUELLE ANTILLE

Associate Editors

NATASHA DE GRANDI LAURENCE VAES

Sound Editing and Mixing

ADRIEN KESSLER

Color Grading

ROBIN ERARD

Production

INTERMEZZO FILMS

LUC PETER, KATIA MONLA

RUBIS FILMS

EMMANUELLE ANTILLE

Coproduction

RTS RADIO TÉLÉVISION SUISSE

Supported by

FEDERAL OFFICE OF CULTURE (FOC) CINÉFOROM & LOTERIE ROMANDE SUISSIMAGE