MÖBIUS
MÖBIUS (2017)
2017 • 15 minutes • 35mm Color • 1.33:1 • English • Canada
Directed by Sam Kuhn
With Caley Jones, Austin Will, Daiva Z & Elissa Meilke
A mastered teen-movie, condensed or rather reminiscent, built on a few iconic motifs. A journey into absence, the approximate mapping of a mental landscape; a compilation of passwords and luminous signals converging to a very singular ceremony; a tale around an elliptical plot - that of disconcerting yet familiar bad dreams. These are but a few keys for the fascinating Möbius, which rather that displaying the imprints of its oddity, disseminates them with remarkable composure.
—Thomas Fouet
WORLD PREMIERE in competition at CANNES SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE in competition at TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AMERICAN PREMIERE in competition at FANTASTIC FEST
SWISS PREMIERE in competition at KURZFILMTAGE
PORTUGAL PREMIERE in competition at QUEER LISBOA
NEW YORK PREMIERE at MOMA NEW DIRECTORS / NEW FILMS
LOUISIANA PREMIERE in competition at OVERLOOK FILM FESTIVAL
NORTHWEST PREMIERE in competition at EASTERN OREGON FILM FESTIVAL
PORTLAND PREMIERE in competition at PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE in competition at INDIE MEMPHIS
TEXAS PREMIERE in competition at DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CALIFORNIA PREMIERE in competition at SALUTE YOUR SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Press
"POSITIVELY LYNCHIAN" -- Indiewire
"SPARKLES WITH DEATH AND MAGIC" -- Vice / Creators Project
"THEATRICAL NEO-NOIR STYLE WITH A RATCHETED UP CINEMATIC FLAIR" -- Format Magazine
"STYLISH, UNNERVING, PLAYFUL, AND NOT TO BE MISSED" -- The Gate
Awards
Winner of the SPECIAL JURY PRIZE at the DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Winner of GENRE BEST IN CATEGORY at the SALUTE YOUR SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Nominated for SHORT CUTS AWARD at the TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Nominated for QUEER PALM D'OR at the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Exec. Prod Borscht
Cinematographer Evan Prosofsky