“Nachtschwimmen” (Nightswimming), short fiction film, Austria, 17min, 35mm, 2002
Cast:
Elena: Selda Kaya
Elena as Youth: Johanna Tietz
Alex: André Röhner
Alex as Youth: Raúl Semmler
Eva: Lina Rabea Mohr
Klaus: Otto Birnbaum
Girl in the Front Seat: Lea-Sophie Cramer
Boy on the Beak Seat: Christopher Enke
Trainer: Beate Ludewig
Elena’s Swimming Double: Doreen Ziegler
All Elena ever wanted was to swim at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. To reach this goal, the 14 year old devises a special training method: to literally swim the distance between Berlin and Barcelona in a local swimming pool. “Nachtschwimmen” follows Elena’s youth as if in a labyrinth and puts this dream in the context of puberty and her rivalry with her sister, who gets all the boys.
„THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE DASHBOARD – TAKEN YEARS AGO
TURNED AROUND BACKWARDS SO THE WINDSHIELD SHOWS
EVERY STREET LIGHT – REVEALS A PICTURE IN REVERSE.”
REM „NIGHTSWIMMING”
writer/director/producer: Markus Engel
director of photography:Thomas C. Wagner
casting: Ulrike Müller
art department: Till Müller
costumes: Stephan Bolz
make-up: Sylvio Kölbel
sound designer: Daniel Matzanke
editor: Daniel Anderson
music: Hubert Mauracher
production Manager: Clemens Wistuba
FESTIVAL AWARDS:
- First prize European competition
Vendôme Film Festival 2002 in Vendôme, France - Runner-up
Dances With Films 2002 in Los Angeles, USA
FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE:
- 3rd SentieroCorto 2002 – Short Film Festival in Milan, Italy
- Taormina BLN Film Fest 2002, Italy
- 13th São Paulo International Short Film Festival 2002, Brazil
- 7th Manchester International Short Film Festival 2002, England
- Corto Imola Festival 2002, Italy
- Sevilla Festival of Cinema and Sport, Spain
- FIKE 2002 – Évora International Short Film Festival, Portugal
- 12th DaKINO Film Festival 2002 in Bucharest, Romania
- 5th MVPA Annual Director’s Cuts 2002 in Los Angeles, USA
- 5th Sarasota Film Festival 2003, USA
- Filmschau Würzburg 2003, Germany
- roARaTorio, Rencontres Internationales 2003, France/Germany
- DIAGONALE, Festival des oesterreichischen Films 2003, Austria
- 2° Best of Short Films Festivals 2003, La Ciotat, France
- Las Vegas Blue Sky International Film Festival 2003, USA
- 1st Bratislava Selection of Best Short Films 2003, Slovakia
- 1. Filmfest Eberswalde 2004 in Eberswalde, Germany