A couple’s compassion is put to the test when they come across a sinking ship of refugees while on a pleasure trip across the Mediterranean.

2016, short fiction, 21′, written and directed by Marc Wilkins, produced by Joël Jent for Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, cinematography by Burak Turan, edited by Jann Anderegg, original score composed by Balz Bachmann, sound by Patrick Storck, mixed by Florian Eidenbenz

Awards

Palm Springs International ShortFest 2016 – Best Live Action Short over 15 minutes – Jury Award / Jozi Film Festival 2016 – Best Int. Short Fiction Award / San Diego Film Festival 2016 – Best Narrative Short Award / Shnit Int. Shortfilm Festival 2016 – Jury Award / Savannah Film Festival 2016 – Best Director Award / 24fps Int. Short Film Festival 2016 – Red Citation Humanitarian Award / EMIFF Evolution Int. Film Festival 2016 – Jury Special Mention / Malta Int. Film Festival 2016 – Golden Knight Award / 14th In the Palace Int. Short Film Festival – Audience Award / Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2017 – Audience Award / Fargo Film Festival 2017 – Best Narrative Short Award / Fargo Film Festival 2017 – Best Director / 89th Academy Awards – Shortlist / Swiss Film Award 2017 – Best Short Film / The Poinciana Arts Festival 2017 – Best Int. Short Film / Sarasota Film Festival 2017 – Audience Award / Le Court Nous Tient Paris 2017 – Audience Award / C’est Rare Film Festival Montpellier 2017 – Prix du Public / Best Short Film Meteor – 9th Int. Festival of Cinema Percéides / Meereskurzfilmpreis – CineMare Int. Ocean Film Festival Kiel 2017 / War on Screen Festival 2017 – Audience Award / 20e Nuit du Court de Lausanne 2017 – Prix du Public de la Tournée / 18th Du grain à démoudre Film Festival 2017 – Jury Award

Festivals (a selection)

Palm Springs Int. ShortFest 2016 / Calgary Int. Film Festival 2016 / Jozi Film Festival 2016 / San Diego Int. Film Festival 2016 / Charleston Int. Film Festival 2016 / Savannah Film Festival 2016 / World Film Festival Montréal 2016 / 33rd Festival de Cine de Bogota 2016 / Shnit Int. Shortfilm Festival 2016 / 24FPS Int. Short Film Festival Texas 2016 / Zürich Film Festival 2016 / Int. Hofer Filmtage 2016 / EMIFF Evolution Film Festival Mallorca 2016 / IHRFFA Int. Human Rights Film Festival Albania 2016 / 32nd Interfilm Short Film Festival Berlin 2016 / 14th Tirana Int. Film Festival 2016 / 36th Filmmaker Festival Milano 2016 / 54th Malta Int. Film Festival 2016 / Paris Courts Devant 2016 / 4e Rencontres Int. des cinémas arabes AFLAM Marseille 2016 / 14th In the Palace Int. Short Film Festival 2016 / 39th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2017 / 52nd Solothurner Filmtage 2017 / 8th Venice Human Rights Film & Cultural Festival 2017 / 26th Flickerfest Short Film Festival 2017 / 27th Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2017 / Fargo Film Festival 2017 / SAIL in Film Festival 2017 / San Diego Cinema Society Award Winning Short Film Program 2017 / San Diego Film Week 2017 / 13th BIFF Boulder Film Festival 2017 / 18th Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2017 / 21st REGARD Festival 2017 / The Poinciana Arts Festival 2017 / 22nd Vilnius Int. Film Festival 2017 / 5th Annapolis Film Festival 2017 / 19th Sarasota Film Festival 2017 / 6th Kyiv Int. Short Film Festival 2017 / 14th Kurzsuechtig Festival 2017 / 15th Festival Int. Segni de la Notte / 6th Le Court Nous Tient Paris 2017 / 17th Int. Human Rights Film Festival Argentina 2017 / Newport Beach Film Festival 2017 / 12th Les Rencontres du Film Court in Madagascar 2017 / 20th Brussels Short Film Festival 2017 / Twister Alley Film Festival 2017/ Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Tokyo 2017 / 13th West Chester Film Festival 2017 / Tripoli Film Festival Lebanon 2017 / Reel Shorts Film Festival 2017 / 9th Petaluma Film Festival 2017 / C’est Rare Film Festival Montpellier 2017 / Athens Int. Short Film Festival Psarokokalo 2017 / FICBUEU Int. Short Film Festival of Bueu 2017 / Cabriolet Film Festival 2017 / Get Funded Or Die Tryin / Shorts on Tap England 2017 / CineMare Int. Ocean Film Festival 2017 / Festival de cinéma War on Screen 2017 / 9th Int. Film and Art Festival Les Percéides 2017 / 12th Shorts México – Festival Int. de Cortometrajes de México 2017 / 18th Festival de cinéma du grain à démoudre 2017 / Medir – Festival int. di cinema diritti umani e ambiente nel Mediterraneo 2017 / 10th Heart of Gold Int. Film Festival 2017 / Refugee Film Festival Australien 2017 / DeKino Festival Kiev 2017 / Lviv Int. Short Film Festival Wiz-Art 2017 / 18th Festival de cinéma Du grain à démoudre 2017 / 19th edition of Soria Int. Film Festival 2017 / Fairhope Film Festival 2017 / 15e Festival Int. Signes de Nuit Paris 2017 / Alors Festival Zürich 2017 / 14th Images en vues Cap-aux-Meules 2017 / 8th Karama Film Festival 2017 / 2nd FINCADH – Environmental and Human Rights Int. Film Festival Paraguay / 20e Nuit du Court de Lausanne 2017 / 9e Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs 2017 / 5th Destiny City Film Festival and Screenplay Competition 2018 / Into The Blue – Festival de la Mer de Bruxelles 2018 / Europe on Screen 2018 / 9th CSFF China Int. New Media Short Film Fest / 1st RIC 0 ORAN 2018 / 15th Passagi d’autore Festival del Cortometraggio Mediterraneo 2019