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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 Locarno Film Festival Pardino d'argento Swiss Life

Sitges Film Festival Sitges Film Festival Best Short Film SOFC

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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