In a hidden place, the daily routine of a retirement home unfolds as time seems to stand still. The penciled residents come to life on paper. Some are active, others rest or follow a fixed schedule to be repeated each day: medication, meals, games… Around them, machines are flashing, caregivers are busy and some crucifixes remind them of the death that lies in wait. Time fades away and nearby, stretches a forest.
Peel / Ecorce
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“Images are hand-drawn sketches reduced to the bare necessities that leave the rest to our minds to fill it or to leave it to meditative emptiness which underlines the atmosphere of this film. Our gaze is omnipresent.”
“Images are hand-drawn sketches reduced to the bare necessities that leave the rest to our minds to fill it or to leave it to meditative emptiness which underlines the atmosphere of this film. Our gaze is omnipresent.”
Samuel Patthey
Biography
Born in Berlin in 1993, Samuel Patthey studied Animation at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU). In 2017, he directed Travelogue Tel Aviv which won many prizes in festivals around the world. His second short film Ecorce won the Cristal for Best Short Film in 2021 and played more than a hundred festivals. Since 2018, he has worked as a film animation director at Fribourg in Switzerland.
Filmography
- Ecorce, 15′, 2020
- Travelogue Tel Aviv, 6’, 2017
- Gueule de Carton et Chacha, 02’25, 2016
Silvain Monney
Biography
Born in 1993, Silvain Monney spent his childhood reading books, comics and watching films. He studied Animation at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU). Based in Fribourg, Switzerland, he works as a freelance animator and illustrator (press, posters, logos, comics, etc.) and gives drawing and paper cutting classes.
Filmography
- Ecorce – 15′ – 2020
- Grenzen – 1′ – 2017
- Gueule de Carton et Chacha – 3′ – 2016
- Jake’s Secret – 1′ – 2015
- Der Weihnachtskurs – 1′ – 2014
