France
2025
06:46'
Summary
Phototrophe offers a poetic and sensory approach to subaquatic sound environments. Marshes, ponds, and rivers, often perceived as silent from the surface, reveal a biological activity rich in vibrations and micro-sounds. Through a contemplative approach, the film makes perceptible the interdependence between light, water, and the living world.
Directed by: Ludovic Finck
Visual Artist: Manon Boucher alias Maidova
Festival | Macon Film Festival: Best Short Film (2025)
Ludovic Finck
Réalisateur-rice
Ludovick Finck: As a composer and sound designer, Ludovic Finck explores new sound interactions and invites us to perceive the sound that surrounds us. He is particularly interested in new media art and immersive experiences. His work involves sculpting sound to create captivating immersive experiences, stimulating the imagination and arousing emotions in the listener through music and sound design. As a field recordist, he places great importance on capturing the unique soundscape of each place.
Manon Boucher: Manon Boucher (alias Maidova) is a 24-year-old creative technologist freelance and artist from Lyon, France with a strong interest in art and digital design.
In her work, she explores how to capture the vibrational essence of a dancing body through digital tools. She focuses her research on listening to sensations with the aim of confronting them with digital devices.
With movement and the body at the heart of her work, she explores different ways to make the spectator more of an active participant in their experience, making it more personal and therefore more memorable. It is in this approach that she enjoys blending narration, interaction and visual creation.
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