On the beach
a film by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
On the beach
A film by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2012
- Switzerland
- 17 minutes
- VO French – DE, EN subtitles
It’s summertime, but life is complicated for 15-year-old Sara. Her little brother on her back, she finds herself sent to her mother for the holidays. It matters to her father, even though he got dumped. Her mother sleeps in a caravan at a campsite. Funny place to start a new life! Fortunately, there is the beach and the boys. As long as they let Sara have her break…
On the beach
A film by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2012
- Switzerland
- 17 minutes
- VO French – DE, EN subtitles
It’s summertime, but life is complicated for 15-year-old Sara. Her little brother on her back, she finds herself sent to her mother for the holidays. It matters to her father, even though he got dumped. Her mother sleeps in a caravan at a campsite. Funny place to start a new life! Fortunately, there is the beach and the boys. As long as they let Sara have her break…
PRIX
Grand prix culturel Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg
- Winner
FIFF Namur
- Bayard d’or – best short film
International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!
- Golden Goats for best live-action short film for young people
Festival Ciné Junior
- Public award
Festival du Film de Cabourg
- Best short film
- Best actress
Festival International du film de Vébron
- Best short film
Cabo Verde International Film Festival
- Best short film
FESTIVALS
World Premiere : Locarno Film Festival
Festival international de court métrage de Sao Paulo
Festival international du film francophone de Namur
Montreal World Film Festival
BIAFF (Batumi International Art-house Film Festival)
Shnit
Kiev Moldovist Film Festival
Festival du cinéma européen en Essonne
Festival du Film Court de Brest
Cork Film Festival
Nuit du court métrage
Les Créatives Onex
Izmir Kisa Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Festival International du Film d’Amiens
Festival international du documentaire et du court-métrage de Bilbao Zinebi
Festival National du film d‘éducation d’Evreux
Festival International du court métrage de Louvain
Wiz-Art Festival international des arts visuels Lviv
ALE KINO Poznan
Premiers Plans D’Angers
Journées de Soleure
Festival Ciné Junior
Festival du Court Métrage d’Akbank
Festival de Cinéma pour Enfant de Quebec
Mediawave
Wiesbaden
Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth
Festival du film de Cabourg
Festival du film de Vébron
FICU
Kino Xenix, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo Night
Two Riversides
Portbello Film Festival
Open Cinema International Short and Animation Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
OderKurz Filmspektakel
Max Cavallo Festival
Cabo Verde International Film Festival
Fenêtres sur Courts
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Cast & crew
With
Joanne Nussbaum
Alessio Balossi
Amadou Awana Soumare
Marika Dreistadt
Gianfranco Poddighe
Serge Bozon
Karos Ali
Mohammed Mourad
Written and directed by
Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Director of photography
Gabriel Lobos
Sound
Guilhèm Donzel
Editing
Thomas Marchand
Sound editing
Thomas Grimm-Landsberg
Sound mixing
Rémi Gérard
Set
Céline Masson
Costumes and makeup
Talia Cresta
1er Assistant director
Antonin Schopfer
2nd Assistant director and casting
Tristan Aymon
Production manager
Valérianne Poidevin
Location manager
Renaud Barkats
Production
Box Productions
Avec la collaboration de Vincent Adatte
In coproduction with
RTS
Director’s bio
Born in 1986 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo graduated from the HEAD in Geneva (Film department) and from the INSAS in Bruxelles. In parallel with her work as a director on “Vas-y je t’aime” (2009) and “Bam Tchak” (2010), she assisted several directors and is also interested in the arts and the theater. In 2012, she co-founded the collective terrainvague.
