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The Newt Congress

Partner: Locarno Film Festival


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Directors:

The Newt Congress takes place at a conference building surrounded by nature where participants have come together to optimize the exploitation of giant talking newts. The short film is a free adaptation of Karel Čapek's "War with the Newts".

Details

Duration: 16min.

Country: Switzerland, Germany

Language: German

Year: 2022

Genre: Fiction (Comedy), Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Adaptation, Animals, Black Humor, Bureaucracy, Capitalism, Fantasy, Fear, Globalization, Literature, Nature, Politics, Science, Society, Work

Cast & Crew


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Directors:

Production company: Zurich University of the Arts

Writer: Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser

Cinematographer: Miriam Rutherfoord

Editor: Matthias Sahli

Actors: Ursula Bienz , Tobias Bienz , Wiebke Mollenhauer , Linda Gunst


Distributor Company: Ouat Media

Festivals & Awards

2022

Locarno Film Festival

Sitges Film Festival

Winterthur International Short Film Festival

2023

Sundance Film Festival

Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis

Seattle International Film Festival

Glasgow Short Film Festival

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