At Dawn
by Julien Trauman

France // 2018 // 21’30” // HD // Color
Language: French

1st Film
Genre: Fiction, Drama
Theme: Survival, Coming of Age

FINANCING
Pre-buy by OCS
With the support of the Bretagne Region,
With the support of the CNC
With the support of ALCIME-SACEM
This project was selected at the Espace Kiosque of the Aubagne International Film Festival in 2015.

A screenplay by Julien Trauman & Sebastian Echegorri
With Juliette Bettencourt, Gaspard Meier-Chaurand, Constantin Vidal

SYNOPSIS
During their graduation party on a beach, three teenage friends take a ride into the darkness on a stolen dinghy. They wake up the next morning, lost at sea, with no food, water or shelter.

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
FRANCE
– FIFA, Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, Mars 2018 – PREMIERE FRANCAISE
– Festival du Premier Film Francophone, La Ciotat, Juin 2018
– Strasbourg : European Fantastic Film Festival, Sep. 2018 – MELIES D’ARGENT – Cat.1
– Festival Jean Carmet, Moulins sur Allier, Oct. 2018
– Festival européen du film court de Brest (Programme C’estmoncourt !), Nov. 2018
– MyFrenchFilmFestival (Internet), Jan. 2019
– Festival du film fantastique de Bourg en Bresse, March 2019 – PRIX DU JURY COMPETITION FRANCOPHONE
– Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Bordeaux, March 2019
– Festival du Film Court d’Angoulême, April 2019
– Festival des A Côtés de Lyons-la-Forêt, Oct. 2019
– Festival du Court Métrage au Pays de Gabin, Nov. 2019
– Festival Du Court-métrage d’Auch, Nov. 2019
– Festival Cinéma et Musique de Film de La Baule, Nov. 2019 – IBIS D’OR DU MEILLEUR COURT METRAGE
– La Fête du court métrage, Mar. 2020

INTERNATIONAL
– Odense Film Festival, Sept. 2018 (Danemark) – PREMIERE INTERNATIONALE – Cat.1 – YOUTH AWARD
– FerFilm Fest (Kosovo) – Sept. 2018 – BEST SHORT FILM
– Dracula International Film Festival (Brasov, Roumanie), Oct. 2018
– ASFF – Aesthetica Short Film Festival (York, Royaume-Uni), Nov. 2018
– Certamen Internacional de Cortos de Soria (Espagne), Nov. 2018
– Bucharest Short Film Festival (Roumanie), Dec. 2018
– Horror-on-Sea Film Festival (Southend-on-Sea, UK), Jan. 2019
– Nox Film Festival (Salto, Uruguay), Jan. 2019
– Chattanooga Film Festival (Etats-Unis), Apr. 2019
– OIFF SHORT FEST (Turin, Italie), May 2019
– Festival International de Cine a la Calle (Barranquilla, Colombie), May 2019
– Art Film Fest Košice (Slovénie), June 2019
– CinemaDaMare (Rome, Italie), June 2019
– FEST — New Directors, New Films Festival (Espinho, Portugal), June 2019
– Festival Corto Ciudad Real (Espagne), June 2019
– Aegean Film Festival (Patmos, Grèce), July. 2019
– Ariano International Film Festival (Italie), Aug. 2019
– TMFF – The Monthly Film Festival, Aug. 2019 – FILM OF THE MONTH, CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THE MONTH, ACTRESS OF THE MONTH, ACTOR OF THE MONTH
– The Portobello Film Festival (London, United Kingdom), Sept. 2019
– In the Palace International Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgarie), Sept. 2019
– International Thai Film Festival (Bangkok, Thaïlande), Sept. 2019
– Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival (Italie), Sept. 2019 – BEST FILM IN THE CORTOFICTION INTERNATIONAL
– Fantastic Visions (Visioni Fantastiche – Ravenna, Italie), Oct. 2019
– Nocturna Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival (Espagne), Oct. 2019
– International Terror and Fantastic Short Terror Film Festival “Terroríficamente Cortos”, Oct. 2019
– South African HorrorFest (Cape Town) – Oct. 2019
– Filmfest Düsseldorf (Allemagne) – Nov. 2019
– Euroshorts Film Festival (Pologne) – Nov. 2019
– International Usak Winged Seahorse Short Film Festival (Turquie) – Dec. 2019
– SF IndieFest (USA) – Jan. 2020
– Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (United Kingdom), Jun. 2020

HORS COMPETITION
– Alcine – Festival de cine de Alcalà, Espagne, Novembre 2018
– Retour à l’Anormal (La Rochelle), Décembre 2018
– Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Février 2019 – Projection Adami
– Best Of du Film Court d’Angoulême, Nov. 2019