Das Gespenst des Glücks
The Ghost Of Happiness
Switzerland, April 2011
FILM,
Experimental,
11 min.
- directed by
- Max Philipp Schmid
- Written by
- Max Philipp Schmid
- Status
- In distribution
A woman and a man practise the grand embrace. Assiduously, they try to imitate the lively examples from Hollywood musicals but their feet keep sticking to the floor. In essence, they are caught in stereotypes. The only thing that remains is the melancholy of failure in their exhausted faces.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2011
- Original Version
- Without dialogue, colour, HD Cam, 11 min.
- Production
- freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH
- Producer
- Stella Händler
- directed by
- Max Philipp Schmid
- Written by
- Max Philipp Schmid
- Cinematography
- Sarah Derendinger
- Editing
- Max Philipp Schmid
- Sound Editing
- Max Philipp Schmid
- Music
- Max Philipp Schmid
- Production Design
- Monika Görner-Vogt
- Lighting Design
- André Pinkus, Sarah Derendinger
- Costumes
- Monika Görner-Vogt, Cornelia Peter
Cast
Desirée Meiser as Frau
Klaus Brömmelmeier as Mann
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Open Cinema International Short and Animation Film Festival, Best Short Experimental Film 2012 (Winner)
- Wroclaw, T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Prize for Best Experimental Film of the European Short Films Competition 2012 (Winner)
- Basel, Basler Filmpreis, Bester Kunstfilm 2011 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
22nd International Exhibition of Video and Cinema Beyond
08.11.2012 - 12.11.2012 -
8th Open Cinema International Short and Animation Film Festival
27.07.2012 - 03.08.2012 -
Wroclaw, 12th New Horizons International Film Festival Wroclaw
19.07.2012 - 29.07.2012 -
Dresden, 24. Filmfest Dresden
17.04.2012 - 22.04.2012 -
Nijmegen, 4th Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
14.03.2012 - 18.03.2012 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2012 - 26.01.2012 -
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest
08.11.2011 - 13.11.2011 -
Impakt Festival Utrecht
02.11.2011 - 06.11.2011 -
Lille, 11e Festival international du court métrage
18.10.2011 - 23.10.2011 -
Videoex - Internationales Experimental-Film & Video Festival
21.05.2011 - 29.05.2011
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Osnabrück, European Media Art Festival
27.04.2011 - 01.05.2011