Switzerland 2022 6 min English original version with German subtitles
by Claudius Gentinetta
Script: Claudius Gentinetta, Animation: Cécile Brun, Simon Eltz, Claudius Gentinetta, Music: Balz Bachmann, Production: Gentinettafilm, Cast: Gabriel Böhmer, Frances McStea
by Claudius Gentinetta
Script: Claudius Gentinetta, Animation: Cécile Brun, Simon Eltz, Claudius Gentinetta, Music: Balz Bachmann, Production: Gentinettafilm, Cast: Gabriel Böhmer, Frances McStea
At the mercy of the dentist’s chair, the protagonist cannot escape the confrontation with pain and the dregs of the miserable human condition. To distract himself, he takes refuge in a fantasy of fishermen and the sea.
Claudius Gentinetta, born in 1968 in Lucerne/Switzerland, studied Graphic Design and Animation in Lucerne, Liverpool and Kassel. In 1995, he spent one year in Krakow/Poland on a scholarship. In the intervening years, he has become one of the most acclaimed animation filmmakers in Switzerland and is especially known for his award-winning short films THE CABLE CAR, SLEEP and SELFIES. He currently lives with his family in Zurich and is working on another film project.
Filmography (selection): 1987 HUNGRY, 1990 LIFE; 40 MESSERSTICHE, 1992 WOHLSTANDSKÜHE, 1997 AMOK, 2004 POLDEK, 2010 SLEEP (co-direction with Frank Braun), 2018 SELFIES, 2022 THINK SOMETHING NICE
Filmography (selection): 1987 HUNGRY, 1990 LIFE; 40 MESSERSTICHE, 1992 WOHLSTANDSKÜHE, 1997 AMOK, 2004 POLDEK, 2010 SLEEP (co-direction with Frank Braun), 2018 SELFIES, 2022 THINK SOMETHING NICE
Contact
Claudius Gentinetta
Switzerland
mail@gentinettafilm.ch
http://gentinettafilm.ch/Gentinettafilm/think_something_nice.html