“SAL” By MOLOK0

An atmospheric, dark story. A personal journey through the artist's mind, while trying to put into words and music, his personal battles. Touch shadows and shadows will touch you back. Poetry and beauty might come out of it, as a result.

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.

"When such a beautiful song lands on your table, you just feel the pressure to do it right. To give visual life to it in the right way, if that actually exists. After lots of brainstorming, we first started to understand the mind of the artist, Molok0, and only then it was possible for us to start visualizing images that we thought would fit the song. We wanted this story to be about feelings, not plot points. About images, poetry and darkness. Influences went from Tarkovski to Weerasethakul to Eggers. We had a lot of freedom to work, and the whole team in Argentina was just outstanding. Amazing, talented and generous human beings. In the end, that makes it all possible".

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Credits

Artist: MOLOK0
Produced, Written & Directed by MUMU
General Production: Peter Ehrlich & Manuel Waldman
Line Producer: María Jantus
DP: Santiago Cantillo
AD: Marco Serafini
Wardrobe: Rocío Ortiz de Latierro
Gaffer: Carlos San José
Grip: Javier Arcaro
Eléctrico: Yoel San José
1 AC: Fernando Rodríguez
2 AC: Carolina Forster
DIT: Valentina Demilio
Prop Master: Santiago Enriquez
Asistente Arte: Carlos Arce
Casting: Casting Club
Drone: Copter Imágenes
Drone Op: Victor Darcangelo
Color: Daniel Carrizo / Roy Bermúdez
Storyboard / Poster: Guri Pereyra
Molok0 Clothes: Oseo
Catering: Alejandra Rubi
Camera Equipment: Provideogrip

Thanks: Jose Ignacio Royo / Rebolución

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