“Broken Piano Peace” By Julius

Working in a strip club, a young woman tries to block out her reality with the help of drugs, when one day, after an overdose, she plunges into an abstract world of her own mind.

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.

Are we really happy? Today’s society literally expects us to be happy. Social media shows us the perfect life, the perfect body, the perfect relationship… every day. But the reality is different. With alcohol, drugs, medication and meaningless love we try to keep ourselves happy, to block out our own reality and create our own perfect world.

The music video “Broken Piano Peace” is meant to transfer this theme into a visual story. The story is about a young girl Louise who has been pushed into a tight spot by life.

Stefan Pecher - Director

Credits

Music by Julius Sigl

Production: Hovn Films
Executiv Producer: Manuel Nguyen
Producer: Peter Scherb

Starring:
Josefine Reich and David Ketter

Director: Stefan Pecher

Director of Photography: Moritz Uthe
Creative Diretor: Oscar Pecher
Camera Operator: Pascal Hein
Assistant Director: Boris Kraemer
Set Coordinator: Jakob Koren
1st AC: Stefan Pausa
2nd AC: Richard Belicky
DIT/Monitoring: Philipp Schuster
Gaffer: Leander Orthofer
Best Girl: Valerie Keller
Electrician: Sina Lang
Electircian: Levi Tauschner
Electrician: Sebastian Fialkiewicz
Boom Operator: Adam el Hamalawi
Production Design: Sascha Latiy
Production Design: Sarah Heidenreich
H/MU: Betty Franz and Jaqueline Daume
Styling: Johanna Hofbauer
Choreographer: Lily Teglasy
Dancer: Hevin Ilbeyi
Dancer: Sarah Packfrieder

Colorist: Manuel Portschy
Editor: Stefan Pecher
Sound Design: Felix Reichenauer
Mix & Master: Kilian Mayer
Graphic Design: Oscar Pecher

Catering: Mohanad Suwaed
Behind the Scenes: Philipp Lehner
PA: Celina Bleja
PA: Mohamed Amine Ouerhani

Special Thanks to:
Lukas Kronsteiner, Mike Lights, Nemetz Lights, MXR, Fred Goed, Carina Petzwinkler, Michael Eder

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