Punchline
a film by Christophe M. Saber
Punchline
A film by Christophe M. Saber
- 2017
- Switzerland
- 8 minutes
- VO French – FR, IT, EN subtitles
Two wannabe gangsters can’t decide on the coolest thing to say before shooting Michel.
Punchline
A film by Christophe M. Saber
- 2017
- Switzerland
- 8 minutes
- VO French – FR, EN subtitles
Two wannabe gangsters can’t decide on the coolest thing to say before shooting Michel.
PRIX
Brooklyn Film Festival
- Prize of the public
ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival Paris
- Best Independent Comedy
FESTIVALS
Brooklyn Film Festival
Palm Springs Film Festival
Jagran Film Festival
Postira Seaside Film Festival
Flickers Rhode Island Int. Film Festival
Off Courts Trouville
Portobello Film Festival
Int. Film Festival of Asian-Pacific countries
Upcoming Filmmakers – Schweizer Jungfilm Fest. Luzern
El Gouna Film Festival
Festival Tournez-Court
Milano Film Festival
Shnit ISFF
Filmplus
Festival Courts-Bouillon / DELTA
Calgary Int. Film Festival
Curt’Arruda – Arruda dos Vinhos FF
Festival Les Enfants Terribles
Festival du Film Court en Armagnac
Barbados Visual Media Festival
Vevey IFFF
Images en Vue FF
Festival Ecran Libre
Séquence Court-Métrage IF
Nuit du Court-Métrage Lausanne
Du Grain à démoudre Festival
Rencontres Internationales des Cinémas Arabes
Tallin Black Nights FF – PÖFF Shorts
Zaporizhzhia IFF
Kortfilmfestival Leuven
Internationale Filmtage Hof
Journées de Soleure
Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille
ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival Paris
Filmets Badalona Film Festival
Brussels Short Film Festival
REGARD – Festival International du court métrage
Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival
Cast & Crew
With
Mehdi Djaadi
Alain Borek
Laurent Baier
Sofianne Lovati
Directed by
Christophe M. Saber
Director of photography
Dino Franco Berguglia
Sound
Björn Cornelius, Adien Kessler
Music
Sebb Bash
Assistant director
Roman Hüben
Assistants camera
Oskar Rosetti
Zoel Aeschbacher
Editing
Christophe M. Saber
Floor manager
Jonathan Saber
Producers
Elena Tatti
Elodie Brunner
Director’s bio
Born in Cairo in Egypt in 1991, of Egyptian and Swiss nationality. Christophe left Egypt for Switzerland in 2010 and joined the ECAL cinema department. In 2014, he completed his bachelor’s degree and obtained his diploma with “very good” honors. DISCIPLINE, his graduation film, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. This film won the Swiss Cinema Prize (Quartz) in the best short film category as well as more than 90 international awards. He then directed his first feature-length documentary, LA VALLEE DU SEL, as well as two short fiction films, PUNCHLINE and SACRILÈGE. In 2018, Canal + and SoFilm asked him to adapt a short story by Hervé Commère: “TOMATIC”, as part of the Polar collection.
