To Shoot or not to Shoot

Switzerland, 2023
FILM, Fiction, 11 min.

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directed by
Nelson Gains Wagner
Written by
Nelson Gains Wagner
Status
In distribution

1997, a shooting range, somewhere in Switzerland. Fog hangs over the fields; winter is already here. Lukas, sixteen, Simone, seventeen, and Urs, their uncle and adoptive father, are training for the upcoming competition. The psychological and physical narrowness of the living space, the constant pressure of competition, the handling of life-threatening weapons, and a dark secret from the past create an oppressive and charged atmosphere. Simone gives her brother a surprising chance for revenge. Should he take it?

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World Premiere
2023
Original Version
German (french/english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 11 min.
ISAN
0000-0006-3057-0000-1-0000-0000-Y
Production
Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, SRG SSR
Producer
Philip Delaquis
directed by
Nelson Gains Wagner
Written by
Nelson Gains Wagner
Cinemato­graphy
Quinn Evan Reimann
Editing
Rolf Lang
Location Sound Mix
Diego Reiwald
Re-Recording Mix
Silvan Gretener
Music
Scott Sheppard
Production Design
Mareike Delaquis-Porschka
Make up
Miria Germano

Cast

Marcus Signer as Urs
Elsa Langnäse as Simone
Gilles Marti as Lukas

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Magnetfilm GmbH
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