MOVIES - FICTION
POLDER
by Samuel Schwarz, Julian M. Grünthal
VOD
NEUROO-X, a German-Swiss-Chinese entertainment company group, stands for games that dissolve the boundary between reality and gaming. A new gadget, the myth-enshrouded RED BOOK, offers the ultimate gaming experience. The most secret longings of gamers are scanned by the engine and transformed into fantastic adventures. The conspiracy psychoses of users are the raw material for the storytelling of NEUROO-X.
Marcus, Chief Development Manager of NEUROO-X dies shortly before completion of the RED BOOK. His lover Ryuko finds out that something terrible happened during testing of the game in China, and the deeper she submerges into the secret of NEUROO-X, the more she loses touch with reality. She neglects her son Walter, who logs into the game and disappears into the digital parallel world. The more Ryuko fights the corporation in order to rescue her son, the more she updates the narrative desired by NEUROO-X. Ryuko finds herself in a world full of demons, witches, knights and terrorists.
Credits
Year: 2015
Country: CH, DE
Running Time: 90 Min.
Director: Samuel Schwarz, Julian M. Grünthal
Author: Samuel Schwarz
Producer: Karin Koch, Thomas Reisser
Executive Producer: Stephan Barth
Co-Producer: Niama Film GmbH, kamm(m)acher GmbH, Südwestrundfunk SWR, SRF
Camera: Quinn Reimann
Editor: Jann Anderegg
Sound: Torsten Lenk
Music: Michael Sauter
Gaffer: Matthias Reisser
Casting Director: Susan Müller Casting
Christian Casper, Central Casting
Dominik Suppiger
Costumes: Rudolf Jost
Make-up: Kathrin Bornmüller, Hannah Fischleder
Set Designer: Gerald Damovsky
Production Manager: Heike Kresse
Production Assistant: Gina von Glassow, Nina Manhercz
Cast: Nina Fog, Christoph Bach, Pascal Roloefse, Wanda Wylowa, Philippe Graber, Samuel Schwarz, Sira Topic, Friederike Kempter, Nikolai Bosshardt, Fabienne Grob, Kaspar Weiss, Julian M. Grünthal, Marion Lindt, Christoph Keller
Awards Méliés d'Argent - Festival della Fantascienza Trieste, 2015
Nocturna Madrid Int. Fantastic FF, Best Direction 2016
Nocturna Madrid Int. Fantastic Film Festival, Best Actress 2016
Nocturna Madrid Int. Fantastic Film Festival Best Script 2016
Nocturna Int. Fantastic Film Festival, Best Actor 2016
Nocturna Madrid I Int. Fantastic Film Festival, Best Film 2016
Nocturna Madrid Int. Fantastic Film Festival, Best FX 2016
Zinema Zombie Fest, Best Film 2016
Festivals Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2015
Trieste Science&Fiction - Festival della Fantascienza 2015
51. Solothurner Filmtage 2016
Nocturna Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival
37. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken, 2016
22. Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg, 2016
8. Zinema Zombie Fest, 2016