Terra incognita
Switzerland, January 2005
FILM,
Fiction,
15 min.
- directed by
- Peter Volkart
- Written by
- Peter Volkart
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.reckfilm.ch
He was in the headlines for a brief period in the late 1920s: Igor Leschenko, the young physicist from Hermannstadt, whose bizarre experiments cast doubt upon the law of gravity. The debacle at the pataphysicist convention leads to a secret expedition to the point of zero gravity. Rare film documentation of a hazardous journey beyond Zentropa through the Karfunkel archipelago. Will he ever find the Nanopol island?
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2005
- Original Version
- German, colour, 35mm, 15 min.
- Production
- RECK Filmproduktion
- Producer
- Franziska Reck
- directed by
- Peter Volkart
- Written by
- Peter Volkart
- Cinematography
- Hansueli Schenkel
- Editing
- Harald & Herbert
- Production Design
- Peter Volkart
Cast
Paul Avondet
Sandra Künzi
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- RECK Filmproduktion
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Look Now! Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Imagofilm International Young Film Festival, IPJ/PREMIERE Young Jury Award (Best Film) 2006 (Winner)
- Biarritz, Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels Biarritz, Fipa d'or du meilleur court-métrage 2006 (Winner)
- Imagofilm International Young Film Festival, Onda Curta Prize 2006 (Winner)
- Kiev, Kiev International Film Festival Molodist, Special Mention by the International Jury 2006 (Winner)
- Kiev, Kiev International Film Festival Molodist, Best Short Film FICC Jury 2006 (Winner)
- Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Prix H.R. Giger «Narcisse» du meilleur court métrage suisse - Prix SSA/Suissimage 2005 (Winner)
- Festival int. del cortometraggio, Special prize for fiction film 2005 (Winner)
- Montréal, Festival des films du monde, 1er Prix Court Métrages 2005 (Winner)
- Caen, Les Lutins du court métrage, "Lutin du Meilleur Film Européen" 2007 (Nomination)
- Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Short Film 2006 (Winner)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2005 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Clermont-Ferrand, 40th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
02.02.2018 - 10.02.2018 -
Sapporo, 10th Sapporo Short Fest
07.10.2015 - 12.10.2015 -
Solothurn, 50. Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2015 - 29.01.2015 -
Bad Aibling, 7. Nonfiktionale Bad Aibling
13.03.2014 - 16.03.2014 -
Rom, 21st Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggio
02.12.2013 - 06.12.2013 -
Saguenay, 17e Festival International du Film Court au Saguenay
13.03.2013 - 17.03.2013 -
Cambrils-Reus, IX European Short Competition of the Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus
24.02.2010 - 27.02.2010 -
Leuven, 15th Leuven Kort
28.11.2009 - 05.12.2009 -
7th Tofifest International Film Festival Torun
26.06.2009 - 03.07.2009 -
19.06.2007 - 19.06.2007
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Istanbul, Istanbul International Independent Film Festival
15.02.2007 - 25.02.2007 -
17. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage
10.01.2007 - 14.01.2007 -
Leuven, 12th Leuven Kort
02.12.2006 - 09.12.2006 -
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche
15.11.2006 - 22.11.2006 -
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest
07.11.2006 - 12.11.2006 -
12th Festival of European Film on Wheels
03.11.2006 - 26.11.2006 -
Kiev, 36th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
21.10.2006 - 29.10.2006 -
IMAGO 7th International Young Film and Video Festival Fundão
30.09.2006 - 08.10.2006 -
Best of International Short Films Festival
07.09.2006 - 10.09.2006 -
Guanajuato, 9. Expression en Corto
22.07.2006 - 29.07.2006 -
Rom, 14. Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggio
16.06.2006 - 22.06.2006 -
12th Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival
13.06.2006 - 18.06.2006 -
Huesca, 34. Festival de Cine de Huesca
08.06.2006 - 17.06.2006 -
Seattle, Seattle International Film Festival
25.05.2006 - 18.06.2006 -
Osnabrück, European Media Art Festival
10.05.2006 - 14.05.2006 -
Lisboa, 3rd International Independant Film Festival Lisbon
20.04.2006 - 30.04.2006 -
New York, New Directors/New Films
22.03.2006 - 02.04.2006 -
25. Internationales Festival für Film, Video & neue Medien
16.03.2006 - 20.03.2006 -
Manchester, Manchester International Short Film Festival
24.02.2006 - 06.03.2006 -
Clermont-Ferrand, 28e Festival international du court-métrage
27.01.2006 - 04.02.2006 -
Rotterdam, 35th International Film Festival Rotterdam
25.01.2006 - 05.02.2006 -
Biarritz, 19ème Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels
24.01.2006 - 29.01.2006 -
Angers, 18ème Premiers Plans Festival d' Angers
20.01.2006 - 29.01.2006 -
Sydney, 15th Flickerfest International Australia Short Film Festival
06.01.2006 - 15.01.2006 -
resfest 2005
24.11.2005 - 27.11.2005 -
10ème Festival internazionale del cortometraggio
18.11.2005 - 26.11.2005 -
Genève, 11e Cinéma Tout Écran – Festival international du cinéma et de télévision
31.10.2005 - 06.11.2005 -
Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya
09.10.2005 - 15.10.2005 -
Hamburg, Filmfest Hamburg
22.09.2005 - 29.09.2005 -
Baden, Fantoche - 5th International Animation Film Festival Baden
06.09.2005 - 11.09.2005 -
Montréal, 29e Festival des films du monde
26.08.2005 - 05.09.2005 -
Locarno, 58. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
03.08.2005 - 13.08.2005 -
Festival international du film fantastique
28.06.2005 - 03.07.2005 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
24.01.2005 - 30.01.2005 -
Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya
27.11.2003 - 07.12.2003