PAPILLON

a short film by
Francesca Bertin

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 ROHRBLÜTER 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)
KKF Kurzfilmfestival Köln