Partner:
Locarno – Pardi di domani
The Newt Congress takes place at a conference building surrounded by nature where participants have come together to optimize the exploitation of giant talking newts. The short film is a free adaptation of Karel Čapek's "War with the Newts".
Details
Duration: 16min.
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Language: German
Year: 2022
Genre:
Fiction (Comedy), Fiction (Drama)
Topic:
Adaptation, Animals, Black Humor, Bureaucracy, Capitalism, Fantasy, Fear, Globalization, Literature, Nature, Politics, Science, Society, Work
Cast & Crew
Production company: Zurich University of the Arts
Writer: Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser
Cinematographer: Miriam Rutherfoord
Editor: Matthias Sahli
Actors: Ursula Bienz
, Tobias Bienz
, Wiebke Mollenhauer
, Linda Gunst
Distributor Company: Ouat Media