Au revoir Balthazar

credits

World Premiere

May 2016

Original Version

Without dialogue,  colour, DCP, 9 min.

ISAN

0000-0004-1C7D-0000-E-0000-0000-W

Production

freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH

Producer

Stella Händler, Claudia Frei

directed by

Rafael Sommerhalder

Written by

Rafael Sommerhalder

Cinemato­graphy

Rafael Sommerhalder

Editing

Rafael Sommerhalder, Rosa Albrecht, Marina Rosset

Sound Design

Zhe Wu

Re-Recording Mix

Zhe Wu

Music

Hansueli Tischhauser, Tobias Preisig

Animation

Rafael Sommerhalder

Production Design

Zita Bernet, Rafael Sommerhalder

Lighting Design

André Pinkus

Techniques

Stop Motion, Cutout animation

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights

freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland

Cineworx GmbH Distribution
Release date: tba

Awards

(a selection)

• Transilvania Shorts (International Short Film Festival), Best Animation 2017 (Winner)
• Shorts México: Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes México, Best Film Award (International Animation Competition) 2017 (Winner)
• Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage, Prix du Public SSA/Suissimage - 2e Prix 2017 (Winner)
• Tallinn, Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams, Silver Prize (Shut Up! Competition) 2016 (Winner)
• Baden, Fantoche, Special Mention (Swiss Competition) 2016 (Winner)
• Krakow, International Film Festival Etudia, Honourable Mention 2016 (Winner)
• Genève, Animatou Festival international du film d'animation - Genève, Prix du Public 2016 (Winner)
• Genève, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Animation Film 2017 (Winner)

Festivals

(a selection)

• Seoul, 16th Korea Independent Animation Film Festival
  17.09.2020 - 22.09.2020
• Seville, 15° Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo
  09.11.2018 - 17.11.2018
• Montréal, 36e Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA)
  08.03.2018 - 18.03.2018
• Angers, 30e Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers
  12.01.2018 - 21.01.2018
• Espinho, 41st Festival internacional de cinema de animação
  06.11.2017 - 12.11.2017
• Leeds, 31st Leeds International Film Festival
  02.11.2017 - 16.11.2017
• The Chicago Int. Children's Film Festival
  27.10.2017 - 07.11.2017
• Bern, 15. shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival
  18.10.2017 - 29.10.2017
• Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec
  13.09.2017 - 23.09.2017
• Varna, 13th World Festival of Animated Film Varna
  13.09.2017 - 17.09.2017

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