La petite mort

The little death (french poetic expression for orgasm)

Documentary, 61 min, DOK MOBILE, 2018 / NOW AVAILABLE ON VOD + On FILMIN + On PLAYSUISSE

The little death is a documentary film about the female orgasm. Women from various age, experiences and sexual preferences talk about their orgasms in all sincerity. Poetical, abstract and metaphoric images take us in the heart of their sensations.

Speaking about orgasm, the protagonists talk about their desires, their sexuality. With sensibility, poetry and humor, the film take us in the intimacy of women. Far away from pornography or performance’s cult. The film is a collective adventure, driven by a common will to break some taboos that still weigh on female sexuality.

The little death is a dialog between women, for women. And for men.

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CAST AND CREDITS

With: Anne-Valérie, Aude, Aurore, Lada and Maggie
Narrator: Joséphine de Weck
With the participation of: Tina, Wendy and Stéphanie

Writer & Director: Annie Gisler

Producers: Mark Olexa, Dunja Keller, Francesca Scalisi
Executive Producers: Mark Olexa, Annie Gisler

Director of Photography: Géraldine Zosso
Sound Engineer: Nora Longatti
2nd Unit DOP: Valérie Anex, Meret Mädorin
2nd Unit Sound Engineers: Oliver Rogers, Sandra Gómez Jiménez

Editing: Valérie Anex
Sound Design & Mix: Julian Joseph
Colorist: Yves Roy Vallaster

Music: Benoît Gisler

Catering: Madeleine Huwiler, Marie Cuennet
Translations: Bruce Yoder, Thomas Röthlisberger

Equipment: Eberle Filmequipment, FTK

Arts:
Clitzilla by Ellebasi Gorenpeng, Ida Aniz and carbon company
Snowflakes by Mirko Hecht from I show flag
Vulvaaaart. Vulva art with two extra a’s by Lina Lätitia Blatt

Filmed at the exhibition Vive la V!, Kulturstätte Keller, Berlin, 28.10.2017.
Exhibition organized by Künstlerkollektiv Vulvae

With the participation of:

RTS radio télévision suisse, documentary films unit, Irène Challand and Frédéric Pfyffer

Migros Kulturprozent

Office fédéral de la culture (OFC), Suisse

Fondation Engelberts pour les arts et la culture

And with the kind participation all our backers from Wemakeit.com!

TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS

Colour
16:9. / HD
Language: French / English
Subtitles availables: English / French / German
Sound: Stereo
Screening Format: DCP / Apple ProRes / .mov

AWARD

Best women’s feature film, Beyond Earth Film Festival, Kalkota, India

Best documentary award, Filmz, Mainz, Germany

Best director award, Courage Film Festival Berlin, Germany

Best Documentary Award, Festival Internacional de Cine de Santa Cruz, Argentina

FESTIVALS

Worldpremiere at 14th ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL (27.09.-07.10.18), Competition “Focus Switzerland-Germany-Austria”. Zürich, Switzerland.

Filmkunstfestival Porny Days (25.11.18), Zurich, Switzerland.

Solothurner Filmtage (24.-31.01.19), Solothurn, Switzerland. Panorama Section.

Festival International de Film Fribourg (FIFF) (19.03.19), Switzerland. Special screening “Fribourg décapsule son cinéma”.

CineDoc Tbilissi ( 10.05.19), Georgia. Erotic Doc Section.

48’ Kyiv International Film Festival Mododist (25.05.-02.06.19), Kiev, Ukraine.

Beyond Earth Film Festival (22.06.2019), Kalkota, India.

Ciudad del Este Independent Film Festival (22.09.2019), Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.

Vox Feminae (05.10.19), Zagreb, Croatia.

Filmz - Festival des deutschen Kinos (06.11.2019), Mainz, Germany

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival (29 - 30.12.2019), India

Courage Film Festival Berlin (Winter 2019)

CIFF (18.-19.01.2020), Chambal, India

Fecine (06.-09.02.2020), Merida, Mexico

Festmedallo (13.-16.02.2020), Medellin, Colombia

FEMCINE (17.-22.03.2020), Santiago, Chile

Intercontinental Film Festival (29.03.2020), New York, US

15th Poppy Jasper Int’l Film Festival (01.-08.04.20), Jasper, US

6th Santa Cruz Int’l Film Festival (17.-19.04.20), Rio Gallegos, Argentina.

Qara Film Festival (16.-19.04.20), Almaty, Kazakhstan

Festival Internacional de Cine de Santa Cruz (19.-22.04.20), Argentina

MICGÉNERO FESTIVAL (01.-02.10.20), Mexico DF, Mexico

PORTO FEMME - INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (06.10.20), Portugal

HER DOCS - Film festival (22.10.21 - 27.10.21), Warsaw, Poland

VOD

Now available with english, german and french subtitles on Vimeo on Demand

CONTACT

DOK MOBILE : Mark Olexa, producer, mrkolexa@gmail.com, +41 79 718 48 91
DISTRIBUTION: Dunja Keller, DOK MOBILE, dunja.keller@sunrise.ch, +41 79 698 97 79

www.dokmobile.ch

SALES AGENCY:

Feelsales

Avda. de Concha Espina, 65 - 2º

28016 Madrid

info@feelsales.com

www.feelsales.com

FILM FESTIVAL AGENCY: aug&ohr medien

contact: Markus Kaatsch

aug&ohr medien

Riemannstr. 21

10961 Berlin, Germany