PAPILLON

film type documentary film, experimental film, fiction Production Country Germany, Italy production year 2024 runtime 18'00 colour Color,
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language Italian subtitles English

Papillon, aka M49, is a brown bear that is getting 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 its trail, and with her the movie. PAPILLON tells the final stages of an escape.

director Francesca Bertin Production Karsten Krause Script Max Sänger DOP Leonhard Kaufmann Cast Ilaria Di Carlo, Vincenzo Tosetto Editing Francesca Bertin
Festivals
2024 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
2024 KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany
2025 London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom
Production
  • Fünferfilm
  • Karsten Krause
  • https://www.fuenferfilm.de
Sales
  • Fünferfilm
  • Karsten Krause
  • https://www.fuenferfilm.de
Distribution
  • Fünferfilm
  • Karsten Krause
  • https://www.fuenferfilm.de

Francesca Bertin

Francesca Bertin, a Hamburg-based filmmaker and artist, holds an MA Film (Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg) and an MA Law (University of Trento). Her work explores identity, memory, and space through a documentary lens. Her films have been shown internationally in festivals and galleries.

Filmography
2013 I am Here
2014 Cadono Pietre
2015 Hinter dem Wald
2015 Der Auftritt
2018 Il Giardino
2020 L´Artificio
2022 Tara
2024 Papillon