Twist
Switzerland, November 2006
FILM,
Experimental,
11 min.
- directed by
- Alexia Walther
- Written by
- Alexia Walther
- Status
- In distribution
Four men dance in the setting of an off-season beach bar. One of them has previously recalled the circumstances of a military defeat. This film puts in parallel an episode of Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars and a choreographed digest of the history of the Twist.
credits
- World Premiere
- November 2006
- Original Version
- French (english subtitles), colour, Digi Beta, 11 min.
- Production
- Alexia Walther
- Producer
- directed by
- Alexia Walther
- Written by
- Alexia Walther
- Cinematography
- Simon Beaufils
- Editing
- Martial Salomon
- Re-Recording Mix
- Sébastien Pierre
- Music
- Maxime Matray
- Location Sound Mix
- Sébastien Pierre
Cast
Foofwa d'Imobilité
Grégoire Bourbier
Marc Chevalier
Filibert Tologo
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Alexia Walther
Awards
(a selection)
- Milan, Milano Film Festival, Mention of the "Aprile Award" 2007 (Winner)
- Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement, Prix du Centre pour l'image contemporaine Saint-Gervais Genève 2007 (Winner)
- Belo Horizonte, Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Belo Horizonte, Special Mention 2007 (Winner)
- Rio de Janeiro, Festival internacional de curtas do Rio de Janeiro, Grand Prize 2007 (Winner)
- Winterthur, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Bester Schweizer Film (Schweizer Wettbewerb) 2007 (Winner)
- Entrevues - Festival International du Film de Belfort, Grand Prix du court métrage français 2006 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Nijmegen, 14th Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
06.04.2022 - 10.04.2022 -
16. Regensburger Kurzfilm Woche
17.03.2010 - 24.03.2010 -
Aix-en-provence, 27e Festival Tous Courts
30.11.2009 - 05.12.2009 -
Belo Horizonte, 11th Belo Horizonte International Short-Film
06.11.2009 - 13.11.2009 -
Osnabrück, European Media Art Festival Osnabrück
22.04.2009 - 26.04.2009 -
Tampere, 39th International Short Film Festival
04.03.2009 - 08.03.2009 -
Zürich, Videoex Internationales Experimentalfilm und Videofestival Zürich
23.05.2008 - 01.06.2008 -
Vendôme, 16e Festival du film de Vendôme
30.11.2007 - 07.12.2007 -
14. Regensburger Kurzfilm Woche
21.11.2007 - 28.11.2007 -
14th Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival
16.11.2007 - 24.11.2007
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24. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest
13.11.2007 - 18.11.2007 -
Winterthur, 11. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
07.11.2007 - 11.11.2007 -
Braunschweig, 21. Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig
06.11.2007 - 11.11.2007 -
Rio de Janeiro, 13th International Short Film Festival Rio
25.10.2007 - 04.11.2007 -
FilmKunstBiennale Köln / Bonn
18.10.2007 - 24.10.2007 -
12e BIM Biennale de l'image en mouvement Genève
12.10.2007 - 20.10.2007 -
21e Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie
20.09.2007 - 27.09.2007 -
Milan, 12th Milano Film Festival
14.09.2007 - 23.09.2007 -
Locarno, 60. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
01.08.2007 - 11.08.2007 -
Belo Horizonte, 9th Belo Horizonte International Short-Film
20.07.2007 - 26.07.2007 -
Hamburg, 23. Internationales Hamburger Kurzfilmfestival
06.06.2007 - 11.06.2007 -
6. Courtisane Short film Festival for Short Film, Video and New Media
03.05.2007 - 06.05.2007 -
Oberhausen, 53. Internationale Kurzfilmtage
03.05.2007 - 08.05.2007 -
Osnabrück, 20th European Media Art Festival Osnabrück
25.04.2007 - 20.05.2007 -
Lisboa, 4th Lisbon International Independent Film Festival
19.04.2007 - 29.04.2007 -
7e Festival du court-métrage de Nice
10.04.2007 - 15.04.2007 -
16e Festival du film court en Seine-Saint-Denis/Pantin
27.03.2007 - 06.04.2007 -
21e Festival du film EntreVues Belfort
25.11.2006 - 03.12.2006