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Loose Contact

film type experimental film, fiction Production Country Germany, Switzerland production year 2004 runtime 19'00 colour
screening format Beta SP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR languages Schweizerdeutsch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch

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 Besetzung / Cast Chloé Braunschweiger, Stephanie Glaser Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Michael Duss, Odessa Chen Schnitt / Editing Rosa Albrecht Bildgestaltung / DOP Ulrike Thiele Produktion / Production Christine Haupt, Verena Gloor Drehbuch / Script Ralph Etter Tongestaltung / 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, Lodz, Poland
FIPA International Festival of Audiovisual Program, Biarritz, France
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
Carrousel International Festival Rimouski, Canada
Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans, Genf, Switzerland (France 3 Award for the Best Short Film International Film and Television Festival Cinema Tout Ücran)
Sehsüchte - Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival, Potsdam, 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
Sales
  • Federfisch Animation
  • Laura Zimmermann
  • Limmatstr. 65
  • 8031 Zürich
  • +41 43 4463112

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