Sunken Treasure

2018, 32m, DCP, 5.1 sound

An amalgalm of ship’s logs from the deep sea and deep space, Sunken Treasure draws us into a journey of exploration that detaches from time and geography. Piloting a boat into the void of a remote water cave in Central Europe, or sinking deep under the Adriatic Sea in scuba gear, the desire to "find" slowly turns on itself. The western narrative of discovery typified by Jacques Cousteau and the nature documentary genre of the 1970’s provides the historical scaffolding of departure for a voice which plays alternatively with and against the images. Sunken Treasure was shot on location in Slovenia and Croatia with modified infra-red camera gear and underwater cinematography.

2018 Ann Arbor Film Festival Gil Omenn Art and Science Award

2019 Art Kino Croatia theatrical premiere