39th edition
23-31 january 2027

Sooner or Later

Jadwiga Kowalska

Image Sooner or Later
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Switzerland
2008 Animation 5 min
No dialogue
On the same tree, a squirrel spends its days searching for nuts, whilst at night a bat hunts fireflies. But one fine day, these two solitary creatures finally meet...
Scenario: Jadwiga Kowalska
Cinematography: Jadwiga Kowalska
Sound: Alexander Miesch, Denis Séchaud
Editing: Marina Rosset
Music: Louis Crelier
Production : Schule für Gestaltung Luzern, Schweizer Fernsehen (SF)
Distribution : Agence du court métrage
This film, which has no dialogue but is full of emotion, tells the story of two solitary characters who join forces and use their ingenuity to restore the natural order of the world. Behind the simplicity of day breaking and night falling lies, in reality, a well-oiled underground mechanism on which the passage of time depends. This short story illustrates both the balance of the environment and the birth of a beautiful friendship between two characters who, nevertheless, were never meant to meet."" (Cédric Lépine; benshi.fr)