“Through the Storm” By Florine & Kim Nüesch

Three people. Each isolated to a wooden box. A raging storm of bad news. Is there a light at the end of this tunnel?

The short film IN MEDIAS RUSH is an experimental cinematic journey into the depths of a manic mind. A poetic retro-sci-fi narrative unfolded in a string of unsettling tableaus that encapsulates the male protagonist’s ambiguous feelings about his birthday. While balancing between realities in his silent struggle with severe mental illness, we plunge into the film at a neatly orchestrated birthday party. The protagonist is accompanied by his girlfriend, and they are drinking cocoa on the couch in their mutual home. The setting breathes pure perfection, but through the voice over we sense that another reality is soon to be revealed. With one foot on the accelerator, he is heading towards the edge. The thematic focal point of IN MEDIAS RUSH is mental health problems among young adults, and the social/personal consequences related to the existing taboo on the subject. The film wishes to formulate an honest cinematic space in which words, sound, and image artistically interprets and articulates some of the perspectives related to especially bipolar, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. IN MEDIAS RUSH was nominated in the category 'Best Danish Short Film' at Copenhagen Short Film Festival in 2020. Original title: IN MEDIAS RÆS Directed by: Esben Persson -------------------- DK: IN MEDIAS RÆS IN MEDIAS RÆS er en filmisk rejse ind i dybderne af et manisk sind. En ung mand fejrer sin fødselsdag, mens hans tanker tordner afsted. Med en uvillig fod på speederen har han kurs mod kanten. FR: IN MEDIA RES IN MEDIA RES est un voyage dans les profondeurs d’un esprit maniaque. Un jeune homme fête son anniversaire tandis que ses pensées se multiplient. Malgré lui, il se dirige vers un point de non-retour. -------------------- Cast: Peter Alexander Bach & Amanda Overby Drew Director // Script writer // Set designer // Costume designer // Editor // Speaker: Esben Persson Photographer // Editor: Lasse Mølsted Producer: Latifa Lykke Ben Mabrouk Assistant producer: Cecilie Creutsberg Music composer: Martin Bejder Sound designer: Mads Hye Chief Lighting Technician: Rasmus Bruun Liboriussen VFX: Jonas Fonnesbæk Lodahl Colorist: Kristopher Paterson Graphic designer: Jakob Toft Kristensen -------------------- Shot on RED Monstro 8K with Lomo Squarefront Anamorphics.

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Directors Statement

2020 began for us - like for many people - with a lockdown, during which we only left our apartment to go grocery shopping. Weeks of Black Lives Matter protests followed, in which we part took, and we listened to news about biblical locus plagues in Africa, the explosion in Beirut, and other terrifying news all over the planet. We felt more and more like the world was going insaner by the second. Maybe it wasn’t even that the world (outside of the pandemic) was a worse place than usual, but since normal life was suspended, we all paid attention to everything that was going on and it felt like we were drowning in bad news. That feeling of isolation and powerlessness was what inspired the film.

Credits

Written & Directed by Florine & Kim Nüesch

Starring:
Cheikh Kébé
Birgit Kos
Veronika Kunz

Produced by Florine Nüesch, Kim Nüesch, Lamar Hawkins
Director of Photography: Fabio Tozzo
Production Designer: Ramona Gschwend & Selina Perotto
Stylist: Philipp Junker
Hair: Nicola Fischer
Make-up: Sophia Singh

Music Composer: Matthias Biermann
Sound Design & Mix: Barking Owl
Creative Director: Kelly Bayett
Sound Designer & Mixer: Dan Flosdorf
VFX Artist: Constantin Vilsmeier
Compositing Artist: Dennis Tae Wook Kim

Costumes:
Dries Van Noten
Celine
Fendi
No. 21

Accessories:
Roberto Cavalli
Completedworks
Gucci
Studio Mason

First Assistant Director: Laurence Steinemann
1st AC: Damian Derungs
Gaffer: Lukas Graf
Electrician: Luca Zellweger
Key Grip: Jakob Wessley
Set Construction Company: Gautschi AG
Set Construction Manager: Sepp Fässler
Set Builder: Mischa Thaler, Samson Graber, Thorsten Bülow
Set Transport: Daniel Kern
Set Dresser & Food Stylist: Luana Perotto
Styling Assistant: Arianna Pianca
Styling Correspondent: Studio Lee, Milano
Production Assistants: Catarina Mendes Brandao, Constantin Vilsmeier, Dario Aquino, Hannes Frei, Lukas Ledergerber, Stephan Ott
Behind the Scenes Photographer: Rouven Niedermaier
Location: Kugl St. Gallen
Edited by: Florine & Kim Nüesch
Colorist: Nadia Khairat Gómez
Titel Design: Emma Kouassi
Voice Actors/Actresses: Alexander Arts, Andrey Nikolaev, Brad Beckman, Cloé Bailly, Elena Winterer, Fabrizio Bonazza, Fin Bar, Joann Yarrow, Sephide Widmer

With Support from:
Octamas
FTK
Blowup Studio
Gautschi AG
Edition Populaire
Archiv Kalk
Kulturförderung Stadt St. Gallen