Hanna (24) is struggling with the problems her three children have at school, with her husband Silvan’s (26) game addiction and the lack of space in their tiny apartment. As the authorities threaten to take their oldest son away, Hanna needs to find a way to get Silvan out of his fictional game world.

Festivals

  • 51. Solothurner Filmtage 2016, Programme: Upcoming Talents
  • Festival du film étudiant Québec, 2016
  • Ascona Film Festival, 2017
  • 8th Chalon Tout Court Film Festival, 2017
  • Gässli Film Festival 2017, Basel
    * Best Swiss Short Film, Gässli Film Festival 2017
    * Best Director, Gässli Film Festival 2017

TV Broadcasts

  • 2015.04.23 at 00.10 on SRF1 | Kurt Früh Reloaded
  • 2016.10.05 at 21.40 on SRF2

Technical informations

Genre: Drama
Year of production: 2015
Color
Length: 14 min 43 (without credits)
Shooting format: ARRI Alexa
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound: Dolby 5.1 / Stereo
Screening Format: DCP / HDCam SR / HDCam / Blu Ray
Language: Swiss German
Subtitles: English, German, French

Cast

Hanna Anna Schinz
Silvan Pascal Vogler
Justin Maxwell Mare
Jamie Yann Leuchtmann
Joyce Shirin Hartmann
Nachbarin Margot Gödrös
Frau Hauser Lisa Brühlmann

Crew

Screenplay Romana Friedli
Direction Wendy Pillonel
Executive Producer Rea Televantos
Assistant Director Ilir Hasanaj
Script / Continuity Jennifer Vogel
Director of Photography Sarah Jüstrich
Camera Lukas Graf
First assistant camera Delia Schiltknecht
Second assistant camera Laura Schmidt
Light Simon Wottreng, Flurina Marugg
Sound Engineer Lukas Erni
Boom Jean-Michel Thomet, Oliver Rogers
Production Design Emanuel Bühler, Johannes Heydrich
Production Design Assistent Franziska Hochuli
Construction studio Nicolai Wenger, Martina Maurer, Simone Gerber, Fredi Maurer, Luca Pasqualini, Noam Zucker, Aurelia Buchli, Annatina Huwyler, Gianina Flepp, Martin Holzhauer, Ellen Pony Wild, Martin  Maillard, Sarah Jüstrich
Carpenter Roger Martin
Patina Tutoring Barbara Rusterholz
Set Dressing Tutoring Ursi Buchmann
Costume Design Irene Schweizer
Make Up & garderobe Anna Gerber, Natasha Zünd
Location Manager Anna Furrer
Runners Manuela Rüegg, David Oesch, Myriam Streiff, Valentin Huber
Catering Sarah Bellin, Mensa Molki Toni Areal, Ingo Lehmann
Coach Kids Theresa Heinze, Thea Rinderli, Tania Televantos
Set Photography David Oesch, Joel Correia
Casting Wendy Pillonel,
Thanks to Corina Glaus Casting, Nora Leibundgut / all_einheit Casting, Aurora Jouffroy / Kinder Agentur Swiss, Sandra Kisslig
Editor Fleur Matson
Colorgrading Ralph Wetli
Graphics Fleur Matson
Sound Design Lukas Erni
Sound Mixer Gregg Skerman
Music Alexandre Maurer
Fight, © Alexandre J. Maurer 2015
Alien X, © Alexandre J. Maurer 2015
Though, © Alexandre J. Maurer 2015

Special thanks to
Romi & Ismail Hartmann, Marimar & Mark Leuchtmann, Nunu Mare &  Dan MacGregor

Thanks to
Mirjam Zimmermann, Rafael Kistler, Laurent Angehrn, Marius Schreiber, Jan-Peter Horstmann, Johannes Müller, Flavia Müller, Miguel Sampayo, Giustino Mare, Michèle Mare, Sibyl Wäckerlin, Luca Napolitano, Simon Nagel, Fabienne Andreoli, Maria Pate, Hannes Rüttimann, Raisa Durandi, Guy Pillonel, Juliette Pillonel

Project Kurt Früh Reloaded
Fall Semester  2014-2015

Project Direction Markus Imboden
Line Producer Filippo Bonacci
Mentoring screenplay Jasmine Hoch
Mentoring camera Andreas Birkle, Stéphane Kuthy
Mentoring studio Marco Quandt
Mentoring production design Georg Bringolf, Anu Maya
Mentoring editing Mike Schaerer, Stephan Heiniger
Department Master of Arts in Film
Direction Markus Imboden

In coproduction with SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Direction Fiction SRF Urs Fitze
Editorial departement SRF Stefan Hoffmann
Line producer SRF Esther Rutschmann

© ZHdK Master of Arts in Film Direction 2015