Wasteland is an 18-minute film directed by Antoine Flahaut, as his diploma project in bachelor film studies at ECAL in 2018. The movie is produced by ECAL and Milos-Films. It was first shown during the ECAL Bachelor films screening at the Capitole in Lausanne in October 2018. Its world premiere took place at the Solothurner Filmtage in January 2019 and its North American premiere happened in Palm Springs,California, in June 2019.
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It is the end of the 1960s and Jérôme has failed his high school exams. His best friend, David, has passed them and is getting ready to leave town, maybe forever. Summer is just beginning but their friendship seems doomed to end.
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Music
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Wasteland contains film versions of the songs Things were easy and Alphaville, as well as two instrumental tracks called Surf party and The dropouts. All music was written, composed, played and mixed by myself.
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Festivals
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Wasteland was featured in the following film festivals:
- 54. Solothurner Filmtage, Solothurn, Switzerland, January 2019
- 33rd Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland, March 2019
- Leiden International Short Film Experience, Netherlands, May 2019
- 25th Palm Springs International ShortFest Palm Springs (CA), USA, June 2019
- 23rd Rhode Island International Film Festival, Newport (RI), USA, August 2019
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Award
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Wasteland won the Prix du Cinéma Suisse 2019 (First prize) at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, Newport (USA).
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