Swatted

A film by

France | 21' | 11/2018 | documentary

Online players describe their struggles with "swatting", a life-threatening cyber-harassment phenomenon that looms over them whenever they play. The events take shape through youtube videos and wireframe images from a video game.

“What really makes Swatted stand out is Chandoutis’ flair for composition and the editing of sound and image: the pulse-pounding suspense and urgency of the swatting incidents alternates with ethereal CGI nocturnes including the one with which it exhilaratingly concludes.”
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“What really makes Swatted stand out is Chandoutis’ flair for composition and the editing of sound and image: the pulse-pounding suspense and urgency of the swatting incidents alternates with ethereal CGI nocturnes including the one with which it exhilaratingly concludes.”
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Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis

Biography

Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis is developing a “cinématière”, a hybrid artistic practice that expands cinema to the field of contemporary art. His work questions technologies, memory, the virtual and explores the porous worlds of the image. His films have been selected and awarded in numerous international festivals (Cannes, Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, BFI London, IDFA…). In 2020, his film Maalbeek was selected at the Semaine de la Critique – Cannes and received the Bayard for best short film at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, the first prize in the national short film competition at the Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival. Maalbeek is also candidate for the European Film Awards 2021. Born in France in 1988, Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis lives and works between Paris and Brussels.

Filmography

  • Maalbeek – 2020 – short documentary
  • Swatted – 2018 – short documentary
  • Ondes noires / Dark Waves – 2017 – short documentary
  • Noir Plaisir – 2016 – short documentary
  • Sous couleur de l’oubli (Digital Memories) – 2015 – short documentary
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Crew

Director: Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Screenplay: Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Producer: Le Fresnoy: Luc-Jérôme Bailleul
Cinematographer: Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Animation: Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Sound Design & Editing: Alban Cayrol
Sound Mix: Martin Delzescaux
Editor: Maël Delorme, Céline Perreard, Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Composer: Disasterpeace

Festivals

  • Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland (2 – 10 November, 2018)
    Short Film Selection
  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (6 – 11 November, 2018)
    International Competition
  • International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands (14 – 25 November, 2018)
    Student Documentary Competition
  • Slamdance Film Festival, United States (25 – 31 January, 2019)
    Documentary Shorts Competition
  • Premiers Plans, France (25 January – 3 February, 2019)
    European Film School Competition
  • Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (1 – 9 February, 2019)
    Labo Competition Won: Special Jury Award
  • Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, United States (15 – 24 February, 2019)
    Official Competition
  • Tampere Film Festival, Finland (6 – 10 March, 2019)
    International Competition
  • One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (6 – 17 March, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Festival Rocambolesque Autour du Cinéma Amignoté et Sans Scrupule, France (20 February, 8 & 9 March 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Film Fest Sundsvall, Sweden (13 – 17 March, 2019)
    International Short Doc Competition Won: Doc Lounge Award
  • Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (13 – 17 March, 2019)
    International Competition
  • REGARD Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada (13 – 17 March, 2019)
    Competition Special Mention for Short Documentary
  • International Short Film Week Regensburg, Germany (13 – 24 March, 2019)
    International Competition
  • VIDEOFORMES – Festival International d’Arts Numériques de Clermont-Ferrand, France (14 – 17 March, 2019)
    Competition Won: Prix ex-aequo Conseil Départemental du Puy-de-Dôme
  • Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinémas, France (14 – 17 March, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Milan Machinima Festival, Italy (15 March, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, France (18 – 23 March, 2019)
    Official Short Film Competition
  • International Film Festival Rennes, France (20 – 25 March, 2019)
    Experimental Competition
  • Las Palmas International Film Festival, Spain (22 – 31 March, 2019)
    Short Film Competition
  • BUFF – International Film Festival For Children And Young People, Sweden (23 – 29 March, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Ann Arbor Film Festival, United States (26 – 31 March, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Spain (28 March – 14 April, 2019)
    Documentary Competition
  • Format Court Festival, France (3 – 7 April, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Chalon Tout Court Festival, France (4 – 6 April, 2019)
    Student Competition Won: Jury Prize
  • Rincon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico (10 – 14 April, 2019)
    Official Selection Won: Best Short Doc
  • Ismailia Film Festival, Egypt (10 – 16 April, 2019)
    Short Documentary Competition
  • Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (17 – 21 April, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada (25 April – 5 May, 2019)
    Theme program
  • Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (25 April – 5 May, 2019)
    Next Generation Competition
  • Rooftop Films, United States (Summer 2019)
  • Indielisboa, Portugal (2 – 12 May, 2019)
    Competition Won: Best Short Documentary
  • VIDEOEX Festival, Switzerland (25 May – 2 June, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Krakow Film Festival, Poland (26 May – 2 June, 2019)
    International Short Film Competition
  • VIS Vienna Shorts, Austria (28 May – 2 June, 2019)
    Fiction & Documentary Competition
  • Chicago Underground Film Festival, United States (5 – 9 June, 2019)
    Official Selection Won: The Phil Solomon Award
  • Oltre lo specchio – Through the Looking Glass International Film Festival, Italy (5 – 12 June, 2019)
    Out of competition: Machinima program
  • Festival Côté court, France (5 – 15 June, 2019)
    Video Art Competition
  • Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France (10 – 15 June, 2019)
    Student Film Competition
  • Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway (12 – 16 June, 2019)
    Documentary Competition Special Mention
  • Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel (16 – 22 June, 2019)
    Competition
  • Arenas Movedizas, Spain (17 – 23 June, 2019)
  • Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States (18 – 24 June, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • AFI Docs, United States (19 – 23 June, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Festival international Signes de Nuit, Thailand (22 – 30 June, 2019)
    Competition Won: Edward Snowden Award
  • Festival du Film Court en Plein Air Grenoble, France (2 – 6 July, 2019)
    Competition
  • Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland (9 – 14 July, 2019)
    Short Film Competition
  • Tabor Film Festival, Croatia (11 – 14 July, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Palic European Film Festival, Serbia (20 – 26 July, 2019)
    Young Spirit of Europe
  • Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosovo (15 – 21 July, 2019)
    Panorama
  • ANIMA MUNDI – International Animation Festival, Brazil (17 – 28 July, 2019)
    Documentary Competition
  • Partie(S) De Campagne Short Film Festival, France (18 – 21 July, 2019)
    Documentary Competition
  • Lago Film Fest – International Festival of Independent Cinema, Italy (19 – 27 July, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico (19 – 28 July, 2019)
    Short Documentary Competition Won: Best International Short Documentary
  • Indie Street Film Festival, United States (24 – 28 July, 2019)
    Competition
  • DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo (2 – 10 August, 2019)
    Focus: Addiction
  • Still Voices Short Film Festival, Ireland (15 – 18 August, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Salute Your Shorts, United States (16 – 18 August, 2019)
  • États généraux du film documentaire, France (18 – 24 August, 2019)
    Expérience du regard
  • MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, Macedonia (21 – 28 August, 2019)
    Student Film Competition
  • Silhouette Film Festival, France (30 August – 7 September, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • International Film Festival Nancy, France (30 August – 8 September, 2019)
    French selection
  • Fantoche – International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland (3 – 8 September, 2019)
    Out-of-Competition
  • Ars Electronica Festival, Austria (5 – 9 September, 2019)
    Prix Ars Electronica – Computer Animation Honorary Mention
  • The Smalls Film Festival, United Kingdom (6 – 9 September, 2019)
    Documentary Competition Won: Best Documentary
  • Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Russia (10 – 14 September, 2019)
    Main Competition
  • Eureka University Film Festival, Colombia (13 – 17 September, 2019)
    International Competition Won: Best International Short Film
  • Message to Man International Film Festival, Russia (14 – 21 September, 2019)
    International Competition
  • DC Shorts Film Festival, United States (19 – 28 September, 2019)
    Competition
  • Love & Anarchy – Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (19 – 29 September, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Lille International Short Film Festival, France (21 – 29 September, 2019)
    National Competition
  • Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (23 – 29 September, 2019)
    Short Documentary Film Competition
  • Encounters Film Festival, United Kingdom (24 – 29 September, 2019)
    Competition
  • 25FPS, Croatia (26 – 29 September, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Bolton Film Festival, United Kingdom (1 – 3 October, 2019)
    Official Competition
  • Best of International Short Films Festival, France (2 – 6 October, 2019)
    Official Competition Won: Silver Sand Award
  • BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom (2 – 13 October, 2019)
    Short Film Competition
  • I Castelli Animati – International Animation Film Festival, Italy (3 – 5 October, 2019)
    Graduation Film Competition
  • Tacoma Film Festival, United States (3 – 10 October, 2019)
    Competition
  • Drunken Film Fest Oakland, United Stated (4 – 12 October, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Animatou – International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland (4 – 12 October, 2019)
    International & Swiss Competition Special Mention Doc’Anim
  • IndieCork, Ireland (6 – 13 October, 2019)
    International Competition
  • One World Film Festival, Slovakia (9 – 13 October, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan (10 – 27 October, 2019)
    International Short Film Competition Special Mention
  • Festival International de Courts Métrages de la Côte Bleue, France (11 – 13 October, 2019)
    Animation Competition
  • International Short Film Festival, Cyprus (12 – 18 October, 2019)
    International Competition Won: Best Documentary
  • Festival Tribute to a Vision, Slovenia (13 – 20 October, 2019)
    First Crossing Section
  • Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Japan (16 – 20 October, 2019)
    Competition Won: Best Documentary
  • E.V. Festival Matadero, Spain (17 – 20 October, 2019)
  • Les Enfants Terribes – Festival of First European Films, Belgium (17 – 20 October, 2019)
    Short Film Competition
  • Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece (17 – 20 October, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, worldwide (17 – 27 October, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, United States (18 – 26 October, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (21 – 27 October, 2019)
    Docurama
  • Festival de Cine MÁS, Nicaragua (21 October – 8 November, 2019)
  • Wiesbaden International Festival of Animation, Germany (23 – 27 October, 2019)
    Best of International Animation 2018/2019 Competition 2nd Place New Talents
  • Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Hungary (30 October – 2 November, 2019)
    Night Moves
  • REX Animation Film Festival, Sweden (31 October – 3 November, 2019)
    Competition
  • Asiana International Short Film Festival, South-Korea (31 October – 5 November, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Doxs! Dokumentarfilme Für Kinder Und Jugendliche, Germany (4 – 10 November, 2019)
    Official selection
  • Interfilm – International Short Film Festival, Germany (5 – 10 November, 2019)
    Documentary Competition
  • FRONTDOC– International Documentary Film Festival, Italy (5 – 10 November, 2019)
    Competition Won: Young Jury Award
  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (5 – 11 November, 2019)
    Focus Program
  • Spektrum Film Festival, Poland (5 – 11 November, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (6 – 10 November, 2019)
    Documentary Selection
  • Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania (6 – 10 November, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Festival INTERFÉRENCES, France (6 – 16 November, 2019)
    Competition
  • Escales Documentaires – International Festival of Creative Documentary, France (7 – 11 November, 2019)
    Youth Price
  • Louis International Film Festival, United States (7 – 17 November, 2019)
    Short Documentary Competition
  • ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain (8 – 15 November, 2019)
    European Competition
  • Kaboom Animation Festival, the Netherlands (9 – 17 November, 2019)
    Animated Documentary Competition
  • Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany (12 – 17 November, 2019)
    Competition
  • Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany (13 – 17 November, 2019)
    New Aesthetic
  • European Short Film Festival of Villeurbanne, France (15 – 24 November, 2019)
    European Competition
  • Blue Danube Film Festival, Austria (17 – 24 November, 2019)
    Competition Won: Student Jury Award for Best Documentary
  • ANIMASIVO – Festival de Animación Contemporánea de la Ciudad de México, Mexico (27 November – 1 December, 2019)
    ANIMÆNTARY Competition
  • Docs, Canada (27 November – 1 December, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Eindhoven Film Festival, Netherlands (28 November – 1 December, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Poitiers Film Festival, France (29 November – 6 December, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Beijing International Short Film Festival, China (29 November – 9 December, 2019)
    Short Documentary Competition
  • Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium (30 November – 7 December, 2019)
    Out of competition: Focus on Games
  • Animateka, Slovenia (2 – 8 December, 2019)
    Out of competition: AnimaDOK
  • BOGOSHORTS – Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia (3 – 10 December, 2019)
    Collections Competition
  • Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (4 – 8 December, 2019)
    World Wide Shorts Competition
  • Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (21 – 26 January, 2020)
    International Competition Won: Best International Film
  • Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic (22 – 26 January, 2019)
    Out-of-Competition
  • Budapest International Documentary Festival, Hungary (27 January – 2 February, 2020)
    Official Selection
  • Medina Del Campo Film Festival, Spain (6 – 14 March, 2020)
    Official Selection
  • GLAS Animation Festival, United States (19 – 22 March, 2020)
    Official Competition Won: High Risk Award
  • NonStop Barcelona Animation, Spain (19 – 22 March, 2020)
    Animated Documentary Competition
  • ART/DOC, Israel (26 – 28 March. 2020)
  • Press Lots of Keys to Abort, the Netherlands (1 – 5 April, 2020)
  • Festival National Du Film D’animation, France (8 – 12 April, 2020)
    Student Film Competition
  • cellu l’art Short Film Festival, Germany (21 – 26 April, 2020)
    International Competition
  • FIDÉ – Festival International du Documentaire Émergent, France (22 – 26 April, 2020)
    Competition
  • Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (22 April – 2 May, 2020)
    Educational program
  • Vienna Shorts International Short Film Festival, Austria (28 May – 2 June, 2020)
    Special: Highlights of 2019
  • Il Varco International Short Film Festival, Italy (7 – 15 June, 2020)
    Competition
  • Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival, United Kingdom (22 Jun – 5 July, 2020)
    Competition
  • Netzhaut Ton Film Festival, Austria (27 – 30 August, 2020)
    Newcomer Section
  • Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece (10 July – 10 September, 2020)
    Special: New Aesthetic: Macht / Kontrolle – All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
  • Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Australia (15 – 29 July, 2020)
    Official Selection
  • Animaphix International Animated Film Festival, Italy (31 July – 2 August, 2020)
    Anidoc selection by Interfilm
  • Animation Festival Fest Anča, Slovakia (27 – 30 August, 2020)
    Animated Documentary Short Film section
  • Cinemagic Film Festival, United Kingdom (October, 2020)
    Official Selection
  • Buster Filmfestival for children and youth, Denmark (21 September – 4 October, 2020)
  • Festival Millenium, Belgium (16 – 25 October, 2020)
    International Competition

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