Célestine
Fiction, 13min, 2013
One summer night, a little girl named Célestine learns from her big sisters that she was adopted. Furthermore, she is forbidden to talk to anyone about this, especially to her mother, for fear of being immediately returned to the orphanage. From that day on, Célestine observes her once familiar universe in a totally different way.
AWARDS
06/2014: Jury Award, Los Angeles Student Film Festival, USA.
08/2014: Public Award, Festival Internacional de curtas metragens de Sao Paolo, Brazil.
FESTIVALS
10/2014: International Filmfestival Schlingel, Germany.
08/2014: Festival Internacional de curtas metragens de Sao Paolo, Brazil.
07/2014: „Parties de campagne“ International Shortfilm Festival, France.
06/2014: Los Angeles Student Film Festival, USA.
CAST AND CREDITS
Main cast: Nora Moser, Camille Cordier, Marcelline Cordier, Catherine Guggisberg.
Supporting Cast: Matthieu Loth, Anne-Laure Vieli, Sam Sin.
Screenplay and direction: Annie Gisler
First assistant director: Wendy Pillonel
Second assistant director: David La Sala
Line Producer: Elias Dellers
Assistant production: Nicole Boner
Script/Continuity: Lisa Gering, Dominik Wolfinger
Cinematography: Géraldine Zosso
First assistant camera: Ester Mattei
Chef electrician: Tillo Spreng
Grip and electrician: Christophe Meyer
Sound: Benoît Barraud
Art Directors: Valeria Felder, Anna Pedemonte
Make up Artist and costumes: Nadia Pelloni
Editor: Caroline Feder
Assistant editor: Judith Bender
Sound Mixer: Gregg Skermann
Music: Benoît Gisler
Colorgrading: Aurelio Buchwalder, Ralph Wetli
Special Effects: Armin Tobler
Title animation: Nino Christen
Graphics: Janosch Perler
Photos „Benji Boum Boum“: Daniel Joliat
Subtitles: Cosima Frieden, Anja Peter
Produced by the Zurich University of the Arts.
Distribution: Hewes Pictures, New York. Contact them here.
TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS
Colour
Cinemascope
Language: French
Subtitles availables: German/ English
Sound: Dolby SR
Screening Format: DCP / Apple ProRes/ .mov/ HDCam / Digi Beta / Beta SP