Lothar

Screening: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 19:00 (OUT OF COMPETITION)

lothar

Country of Origin: Switzerland
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2013
Running Time: 13’20“
Category: Fiction

Director: Luca Zuberbühler
Screenplay: Luca Zuberbühler
Cinematographer: Valentino Vigniti
Music: Martin Skalsky, Michael Duss, Christian Schlumpf
Editor: Aurora Vögeli
Producer: Rajko Jazbec

Synopsis: Whenever Lothar sneezes, nearby objects explode. To protect mankind, he locks himself away from the world. Until one day he decides to venture outside…

Festivals & Awards:
Zurich Film Festival 2013, Switzerland
7th Swikos Kurzfilmfestival 2013, Switzerland: Best Director
1st Hollywood Shorts Reel 2014, India
35th Max-Ophüls-Preis Saarbrücken 2014, Germany
50th Solothurner Filmtage 2014, Switzerland
Los Angeles Movie Awards 2014, USA: Best Student Film
Cinetour – Swiss Life 2014, Switzerland
Berlin Independent Film Festival 2014, Germany: Winner
10th DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL New York (United States) 2014-02
OX.I – FESTIVAL DE CINE INDEPENDIENTE EN LA CIUDAD Juarez (Mexico) 2014-02
CURTMIRATGES – FESTIVAL DE CURTS — (Spain) 2014-03
9th ATHENS ANIMFEST Athen (Greece) 2014-03
CANADA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — (Canada) 2014-03 Best Experimental Film
38th SCHWEIZER JUGENDFILMTAGE — (Switzerland) 2014-04
15th BARE BONES INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM, AR — (United States) 2014-04
SCHWEIZER JUGENDFILMTAGE – FESTIVAL CINÉ JEUNESSE — (Switzerland) 2014-04
6th INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL — (India) 2014-04
DAWSON CITY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Dawson City (Canada) 2014-04
DIRECTORS LOUNGE BERLIN Berlin (Germany) 2014-04
CINEMA PERPETUUM MOBILE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM F — (Belarus) 2014-04
5th BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL Bangkok (Thailand) 2014-05
AVIFF CANNES – ART FILM FESTIVAL Cannes (France) 2014-05
NEW VISION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — (Ukraine) 2014-05
HIGH DESSERT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — (United States) 2014-05
NOMINATION STUDIO HAMBURG NACHWUCHSPREIS Hamburg (Germany) 2014-06
7th CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL — (Poland) 2014-06
1a MUESTRA CORTOMETRAJES CORTOMATÓN — (Spain) 2014-09
47th HOF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Hof (Germany) 2014-10
HIGH DESSERT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — (United States) 2014-05 BEST CINEMATHOGRAPHY
3rd DUHOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Duhok (Iraq) 2014-09
32nd CARROUSEL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM – RIMOUSKI 20 — (Canada) 2014-09
NEUCHÂTEL INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL — (Switzerland) 2014-07 *H. R. Giger „Narcisse“ Award
BYRON BAY INT’L FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Sitges (Spain) 2014-10
9th SAPPORO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & MA Sapporo (Japan) 2014-10 BEST STUDENTS DIRECTOR
19th SCHLINGEL – INTERNATIONALES FILMFESTIVAL FÜR Chemnitz (Germany) 2014-10
31st TEHRAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Tehran (Iran) 2014-10
11th KONSTANZER KURZ.FILM.SPIELE ( Konstanz (Germany) 2014-10
28th LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Leeds (United Kingdom) 2014-11
28th INTERNATIONALES FILMFEST BRAUNSCHWEIG Braunschweig (Germany) 2014-11
30th INTERFILM – INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Berlin (Germany) 2014-11
11th FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES FENAC Cusco (Peru) 2014-11
14th SLEEPWALKERS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVA Tallin (Estonia) 2014-11
KYOTO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVA Kyoto (Japan) 2014-11
6th WORDLESS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL — (Australia) 2014-11
3rd DUHOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Duhok (Iraq) 2014-12
14th NONSTOPKURZFILM-FESTIVAL Nürnberg (Germany) 2014-12
5th BELOIT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Beloit (United States) 2015-02
16th BAYREUTHER FILMFEST “KONTRAST” Bayreuth (Germany) 2015-02
25th BAMBERGER KURZFILMTAGE Bamberg (Germany) 2015-02
WATERSPRITE 2015 – THE CAMBRIDGE INT’L STUDENT FIL Cambridge (United Kingdom) 2015-03
BYRON BAY INT’L FILM FESTIVAL 2015 — (Australia) 2015-03
TAOS SHORTZ FILM FEST New Mexico (United States) 2015-03
CLUJ SHORTS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL — (Romania) 2015-03
3rd INTERNATIONAL MOTION FESTIVAL – IMF 2015 — (Cyprus) 2015-03

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