Abissal

Atlantic Ocean, Portugal
Portuguese with English Subtitles
Currently, more than fifty countries are actively seeking to expand their territories. These are expansions enacted through technoscience and international law. There is an epic and fabulous side to this new expansionist era. It happens out of sight, in the darkness of the ocean depths. Machines and robots, but also imagination and hope invade places that once belonged to no one. Starting from the Portuguese odyssey in the depths of the Atlantic, Abissal plunges to the bottom of Portugal but also to the abyss of humanity. This film explores the questions: Which terrains are still outside national jurisdictions, which new borders are yet to be defined? And what are natural territories?