screening format
Beta SP
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Dolby SR
original-language
Swiss-German
subtitles
English, German, French
Loose contact tells the story of Sibylle who has to deal with her grandmothers senility, while trying to keep on living an ordinary life. As she realises this way of life is no longer possible, she decides to protect herself and her grandmother from the environment by using untypical methods.
director
Ralph Etter
Cast
Chloé Braunschweiger, Stephanie Glaser
Original Score
Michael Duss, Odessa Chen
Editing
Rosa Albrecht
DOP
Ulrike Thiele
Production
Christine Haupt, Verena Gloor
Script
Ralph Etter
Sound Design
Andi Drost, Ingo Baier
film school
Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, Studienbereich Film / Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen
Festivals
Camerimage International Film Festival, Torun, Poland
FIPADOC International Documentary Festival, Biarritz, France
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
Carrousel International Festival Rimouski, Canada
Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), Genf, Switzerland
(France 3 Award for the Best Short Film International Film and Television Festival Cinema Tout Ücran)
Sehsuechte – Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany
(Produzentenpreis sehsuechte)
Production
- Verena Gloor
- Limmatstr. 65
- 8031 Zürich
- +41 43 446311
Distribution
- Federfisch Animation
- Laura Zimmermann
- Limmatstr. 65
- 8031 Zürich
- +41 43 4463112
- http://www.federfisch-animation.de
Sales
- Federfisch Animation
- Laura Zimmermann
- Limmatstr. 65
- 8031 Zürich
- +41 43 4463112
- http://www.federfisch-animation.de
Ralph Etter
Born 1978 in Solothurn, Switzerland;
1999 to 2000 Free School of Art, Olten;
2000 to 2004 University of Art and Design Zurich, dep. film
Filmography
2001 ZYT WO GEIT
2002 BLINDNESS
2003 BLEIBT ALLES ANDERS
2003 WASSERFARBE
2004 DIE SIEBEN RABEN