Shock Resistant

by Olivier Hems

short film : 15 min / 35mm / 1.66 / color / DTS / 2007

Visa : 114.034

ISAN : 0000-0002-1A39-0000-8-0000-0000-D

With : Esther GORINTIN, Bernard BLANCAN, Andreev VIRGILIE, Jérôme LAGUZET

Themes : Fiction / Psychological drama / The bizarre / Town planning / Memory / Old age / Society’s fringes / Loneliness

Synopsis : A mysterious old lady dwells in an abandoned apartment block. She lives alone but will simply not leave the place.

The Crew

Screenplay : Olivier HEMS First Assistant Director : Aurélia HOLLART Cinematography : Olivier CHAMBON Gaffer : Grégoire BESSE Key grip : Michel ANGLIO Production Design : Véronique ASSENS Make up : Alexia GENTY Costumes : Blanche COTTIN Editing : Agnes BRUCKERT Sound : Nicolas FAVRE Frederic HAMELIN Location Manager : Baptiste PETIT Production Manager : Emmanuel GUILLE Producers : Olivier BERLEMONT Ludovic HENRY

Distribution

French TV
France 3
Ciné Cinéma
Orange Cinema

Foreign TV
Canal + Poland
Cinefil Imagica (Japan)
VPRO (Netherlands)

Dvd Editions
César 2008 - Édition Chalet Pointu
Short Cuts Unifrance 2008
Les Lutins 2008

Awards and Festivals

Prize of the Best Short film (Golden pebble) Film Festival of Dieppe, 2009
Official Competition - Cannes Film Festival, 2007
Festival Pris de Court, Paris, 2007, in competition
Festival International de Contis (France), 2007, in competition
Festival de la Guérinière de Caen (France), 2007, non competitive
Sydney Film Festival (Australia), 2007, non competitive
Aye Aye Film Festival (Nancy, France), 2007, out of competition
Akbank Short Film Festival (Turkey), 2007, non competitive
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Montreal), 2007, in competition
International Environmental Film Festival (Paris), 2007, in competition
Istanbul International Short Film Festival, 2007, out of competition
Villeurbanne Short Film Festival, 2007, in competition
Festival "Short is short", Cabrières d’Avignon, 2007, non competitive
Regensburg Short Film Week, 2007, out of competition
Festival "Fenêtres sur Courts" in Dijon (France), 2007, out of competition
César 2007 preselection (gout du court)
Vendôme Film Festival 2007, in competition
Zinebi - Bilbao Short Films and Documentaries Festival, 2007, in competition
Brest European Short Film Festival 2007, out of competition
Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2008, National Competition
Glasgow Film Festival 2008, non competitive
Rotterdam Film Festival 2008, in competition
Festi’Valloire, France, 2008, out of competition
Les Lutins du court-métrage 2008, best production
IndieLisboa 2008 - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, in competition
Travelling - Rennes Film Festival 2008, France, in competition
Mediterranean Festival of New Filmmakers 2008, Larissa (Greece), in competition
Francophone Film Festival of Vienna (Austria), non-competitive
Paris Tout Court Festival 2008, France, in competition
Amakula Kampala International Film Festival 2008 (Uganda), out of competition
COLCOA Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2008, in competion
Unifrance French Film Festival in Japan - Tokyo/Osaka, 2008, non competitive
Rencontres Ciné en Herbe de Montluçon 2008, in competition
Retrospective "French spring in Ukrainia" 2008, non competitive
Granada Festival, 2008, in competition
CNC Quality Price 2008
VisAges Festival 2008, Martigny, Switzerland, non competitive
Tanger Mediterranean Short Film Festival 2008, Morocco, in competition
EKWA Short Film Festival 2008, Reunion Island, in competition
Rouen Short Film Festival (COURTIVORE) 2008, in competition
Dieppe Short Film Festival,2008, in competition
Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series 2008, in competition
Asiana International Short Film Festival 2008, Asie, out of competition
Hong Kong Film Festival 2008, Asie, out of competition
Festi’VAL d’OISE of short, 2008, Isle-Adam, in competition
Gulf Film Festival, Dubai, 2008, out of competition
French Film Panorama in Vietnam, 2008, non competitive
Festival ciné junior, Val de Marne, 2009, in competition
International Film Festival Ciné-Vidéo-Psy of Lorquin 2009, in competition
Fantasporto, International Film Festival of Porto, non comptetitive
Festival "le cinéma français d’aujourd’hui", Russia, 2009, out of competition
French Cinema of today in Kazakhstan, 2011, out of competition