International Immersive Works Competition
SILA - HÉROÏNES ARCTIQUES
International Premiere
Agnès de Cayeux, Mélanie Courtinat, Laura Mannelli
France
2026, 25'
Genre
Recommended Age
12 years
VO. French, English
ST. French, English
Five women, five stories, five visions of the Arctic. Sila - Héroïnes arctiques traverses imaginary polar landscapes to bring to light the voices of artists, scientists, and explorers who have long been overlooked.
For a long time, the narrative of polar expeditions was written from a male perspective. Sila - Héroïnes arctiques offers a different journey through the Arctic, following in the footsteps of five women—artists, scientists, and politicians: Mary Shelley, Léonie d’Aunet, George Sand, Eunice Newton Foote, and Ellen Henriette Rasmussen. Conceived by Agnès de Cayeux in collaboration with Mélanie Courtinat, Laura Mannelli, and Aude Guivarc’h, the experience unfolds across five icy worlds where documentary and fiction intertwine. A poetic and sensory journey that brings to light voices long erased from our representations of the Far North.
Mathieu Gayet
Mathieu Gayet
Creation
Agnès de Cayeux, Mélanie Courtinat, Laura Mannelli
Direction
Mélanie Courtinat, Laura Manelli, Aude Guivarc'h, Agnès de Cayeux
Key collaborators
Voulez-Vous Studio, Neek Studio, Velvet Flare, Unicorn Paris, Odran Jobin
Sound
Antoine Boucherikha
Supported by
CNC - Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Film Fund Luxembourg, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC), Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, en partenariat avec le CNC, Pictanovo, dans le cadre du Fonds Nouveaux Médias avec le soutien de la région Hauts-de-France, et en partenariat avec le CNC, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, Voulez-Vous Studio
World sales
DARK EUPHORIA
Agnès de Cayeux
1966, France
Previous works
2022, Le Cas de l'hippocampe (VR, Creator)2019-2020, Les Cyborgiennes (Installation, Creator)
Mélanie Courtinat
1993, France
Previous works
2025, The Siren (VR video game, creator)2023, Cooking for William (video game, co-creator, producer)
2022, All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost (VR, creator, producer)
2021, Des empreintes sur la grève (AR, creator)
2020-2021, Ten Lands (interactive video game, creator)
2017, I Never Promised You a Garden (installation VR, artistic director, producer)
Laura Mannelli
1980, Luxembourg
Previous works
2025, Umweltraum((a)) (Immersive Installation and Performance, Creator)2024, Artificial God (Video, Director)
2024, Sex, Desire and Data — Vibrato (Interactive Installation, Creator)
2022, The Assembly (VR, Creator)
2017, The Promises of Monsters (Installation, Creator)
2017, Near Dante Experience (VR Installation, Creator)
2014, Beyond Bitmaps (Interactive Installation, Creator)
2011, Atopia (Virtual Architecture, Creator)
2010, Ech Sinn Melusine (Immersive Installation, Creator)
Booking for the program
PARCOURS IMMERSIF
PARCOURS IMMERSIF
This work is part of a program composed of several works.
From 30 Oct. to 8 November
Maison communale de Plainpalais - Espace Immersif
