Shadowland

Finland2024documentary98'Documentary Competition

This was supposed to be a documentary about an intriguing esoteric community living today in the French Pyrenees – far away from the civilisation, in the place charged with spiritual energy and permeated with legends of medieval Cathars. While it was being filmed, serious accusations were made against one of the sect’s members, Hollywood director Richard Stanley. Consequently, a totally different kind of documentary was made, one following the criminal investigation and the court case which was stretched between a utopian fantasy and a brutal clash with reality.