PAPILLON, aka M49, is a brown bear that gets too close to people in the Mocheni Valley in northern Italy. A problem bear. And a projection. Night-vision cameras are still the most reliable eyewitnesses to its existence. Alice, a biologist, sets off on his trail, and with her the movie. PAPILLON tells the final stages of an escape.

WHO

author, director & editor FRANCESCA BERTIN author, editor & 1st AC MAX SÄNGER camera & color grading LEONARD KAUFMANN sound recording JAKOB SPENGEMANN best boy MALTE ROLLBÜHLER scenography ILARIA DI CARLO costume design NINA DIVITSCHEK dramaturgy BIRGIT GLOMBITZA sound design & sound mix MARIO SCHÖNING line producer LUCA INSINGA producers FRANK SCHEUFFELE, KARSTEN KRAUSE & JULIA CÖLLEN

funded by MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, BKM - BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN

short film
18 minutes | Germany 2024

with ILARIA DI CARLO, VINCENZO TOSETTO, STEFANO MARCHEL

SCREENINGS

Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (world premiere) 2024
KKF Kurzfilmfestival Köln 2024
London Short Film Festival 2025
Trento Film Festival 2025
Lago Film Fest 2025