René
Switzerland, June 2007
FILM,
Fiction,
29 min.
- directed by
- Tobias Nölle
- Written by
- Tobias Nölle
- Status
- In distribution
René is sitting in his car driving through his drab reality. Suddenly, he has to sneeze. He pauses and listens. After a few quiet moments, he murmurs, “Bless you”. Then he moves towards the camera and continues: “I am a scream without an echo.” The film is the tragicomedy of a man searching for his echo, the way out of his loneliness. All paths are blocked and his quest becomes more and more of an odyssey. Evading his own insanity and narrowly escaping death, he gradually notices that the search can only end with oneself.
credits
- World Premiere
- June 2007
- Original Version
- Swiss-German (french/english subtitles), colour, HD Cam, 29 min.
- Production
- desaster films, Filmbureau
- Producer
- Tobias Nölle, Franziska Graf
- directed by
- Tobias Nölle
- Written by
- Tobias Nölle
- Cinematography
- Simon Guy Fässler
- Editing
- Tobias Nölle
- Location Sound Mix
- Patrick Storck
- Re-Recording Mix
- Peter Bräker
- Music
- Beat Jegen
- Production Design
- Mirjam Zimmermann
- Lighting Design
- Michael Walsh, Gabriel Sandru
- Casting
- Corinna Glaus
Cast
Urs Jucker
Arthur M. Miranda
Hans Birrer
Hansrudolf Twerenbold
Doro Müggler
Silvan Kappeler
Ajana Calugar
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- desaster films
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- desaster films Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
-
Lille, Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille,
Prix de l’interprétation (européenne)
2009
(Winner)
Urs Jucker - Odense, OFF Odense International Film Festival, Most surprising Film 2008 (Winner)
- Kiev, Kiev International Film Festival Molodist, Prize for the Best Short Film 2008 (Winner)
- Leeds, Leeds International Film Festival, Augustin Award for Best International Fiction Short Film 2008 (Winner)
- Leeds, Leeds International Film Festival, Augustin Jury Grand Prize Award for Best International Short Film 2008 (Winner)
- Aix-en-provence, Festival Tous Courts, Grand Prix 2008 (Winner)
- Tampere, International Short Film Festival, Best Fiction 2008 (Winner)
- Clermont-Ferrand, Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Prix de la jeunesse Compétition Internationale 2008 (Winner)
- Locarno, Locarno Festival, Pardino d'oro (Concorso nazionale) 2007 (Winner)
- Winterthur, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Hauptpreis des Internationalen Wettbewerbs 2007 (Winner)
- Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Short Film 2008 (Nomination)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2007 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Winterthur, 25. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
09.11.2021 - 14.11.2021 -
Brive, 11e Festival du cinéma de Brive
08.04.2014 - 13.04.2014 -
Dubrovnik, 7th Libertas Film Festival Dubrovnik
11.04.2011 - 17.04.2011 -
One Minute Film & Video Festival
21.08.2009 - 23.08.2009 -
Espinho, FEST Festival internacional de cinema jovem Espinho
21.06.2009 - 28.06.2009 -
Lille, 25e Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille
06.03.2009 - 13.03.2009 -
Aix-en-provence, 26e Festival Tous Courts
01.12.2008 - 06.12.2008 -
Leuven, 14th Leuven Kort
29.11.2008 - 06.12.2008 -
Bristol, 14th Encounters International Short Film Festival
18.11.2008 - 23.11.2008 -
Leeds, 22nd Leeds International Film Festival
04.11.2008 - 16.11.2008
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Uppsala, 27th Uppsala International Short Film Festival
20.10.2008 - 26.10.2008 -
Kiev, 38th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
18.10.2008 - 26.10.2008 -
Essonne, 10e Festival du Cinéma Européen en Essonne
10.10.2008 - 25.10.2008 -
5th Sedicicorto International Film Festival Forli
06.10.2008 - 12.10.2008 -
Best of International Short Films Festival
11.09.2008 - 14.09.2008 -
Odense, 23rd International Odense Film Festival
19.08.2008 - 24.08.2008 -
Hamburg, 24. Internationales Hamburger Kurzfilmfestival
04.06.2008 - 09.06.2008 -
Oberhausen, 54. Internationale Kurzfilmtage
01.05.2008 - 06.05.2008 -
Paris, 6e Festival international Signes de Nuit Paris
31.03.2008 - 05.04.2008 -
Tampere, 38th International Short Film Festival
05.03.2008 - 09.03.2008 -
Clermont-Ferrand, 30e Festival international du court-métrage
01.02.2008 - 09.02.2008 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2008 - 27.01.2008 -
Brest, 22e Festival du Film court de Brest
10.11.2007 - 18.11.2007 -
Winterthur, 11. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
07.11.2007 - 11.11.2007 -
Genève, 13e Cinéma Tout Écran – Festival international du cinéma et de télévision
29.10.2007 - 04.11.2007 -
Locarno, 60. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
01.08.2007 - 11.08.2007