The Last well
by Filip Filković
Croatia/France // 2018 // 20′ // HD // Color
Language: Croatian; Subtitles: French, English
1st Film
Genre: Fiction, Drama
Theme: Science-Fiction, Ecology
FINANCING
Pre-buy by France 3
A script by Velimir Grgić & Filip Filković
With Alen Liverić, Mia Biondić, Ozren Grabarić, Ida Rogić
ENGLISH SYNOPSIS
The Year is 2037, Europe is in shambles. Owner of the last well with natural clean water lives in Croatia. After one of his sales of clean drinking water ends in bloodbath, he becomes a substitute father and a husband. But when the well dries out, he makes one last “trade”…
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
CROATIA
– Zagreb Film Festival, November 2017, National Competition – CROATIAN PREMIERE
– Diversions Short Film Festival, June 2018, Croatia – Best Cinematography Award
– 21. Motovun Film Festival (Motovun, Croatia), 2018
FRANCE
– Festival du film-court en plein air de Grenoble, July 2018 – Cat.1 – FRENCH PREMIERE
– L’Etrange Festival, Paris, September 2018
– CINEMED: Festival International de cinéma de Montpellier, Montpellier, October 2018 – Cat.1
– Les Utopiales de Nantes, November 2018
– Festival International du film d’Amiens, November 2018
– Festival un poing c’est court, Vaulx en Velin, January 2019
– Rencontres Cinéma-Nature (Dompierre-sur-Besbre), Avril 2019
– Festival Armoricourt (Plestin-les-Grèves, France), Sept. 2019
– Festival Hotmilk Film Makers (Cholet), Sept. 2019
– Festival international Signes de Nuit (Paris), Oct. 2019
– Festival International du Court Métrage d’Aigues-Mortes ECRAN LIBRE, Nov. 2019
– Festival Le Temps Presse (Paris), Janv. 2020
INTERNATIONAL
– Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival (Ljutomer, Slovenia), July 2018 – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
– New Renaissance Film Festival (London, Royaume-Uni), August 2018 – Best Sci-Fi Short
– Portugal International Film Festival (Porto), September 2018
– FerFilm Fest (Kosovo), September 2018
– Kaohsiung Film Festival International (Taiwan), October 2018 – ASIA PREMIERE
– Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-témiscamingue (Canada), October 2018 – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
– SPASM Festival (Montréal, Canada), October 2018
– Tuzla Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina), October 2018 – Best Short Film
– Trieste: Science+Fiction (Italia), November 2018 – ITALIAN PREMIERE
– International Green Culture Festival (Belgrade, Serbia), November 2018 – Best Short Film
– Frostbiter: Icelandic Horror Film Festival (Iceland), November 2018
– Horror-on-Sea Film Festival (Southend-on-Sea, UK), January 2019
– International Film Festival of Larissa (Grèce), March 2019
– Landshut Short Film Festival (Munich, Germany), March 2019
– MFF Friday Night Horror Fest (Media, PA, USA), April 2019
– Skepto International Film Festival (Cagliari, Italie), April 2019 – HUMAN/NATURE SPECIAL AWARD
– Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival, April 2019 – JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT & BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT FILM
– SEEfest – South East European Film Festival Los Angeles (USA), May 2019
– EU-China Short Film Festival [R.O.C.] (Beijing, China), 2019
– Semana da Europa (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 2019
– End of Days Film Festival (Orlando, FL, USA), May 2019 – BEST MALE ACTOR (ALEN LIVERIĆ), BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR (MIA BIONDIĆ), BEST APOCALYPTIC FILM, BEST APOCALYPTIC STORY
– Horrorant Film Festival ‘Fright Nights’ (Athens, Greece), May 2019
– Festival des Nations (Lenzing, Austria), June 2019
– Cracow Green Film Festival (Cracow, Poland), Aug. 2019 – 3rd AWARD BEST NARRATIVE
– Ouchy Film Awards (Lausanne, Switzerland), 2019
– Montevideo Fantástico Film Festival (Montevideo, Uruguay), 2019 – SPECIAL MENTION
– Rural Film Fest (Spain) – Aug. 2019
– Sick ’n’ Wrong Film Festival (United States) – Aug. 2019
– Ariano International Film Festival (Italy) – Aug. 2019
– The Portobello Film Festival (London, United Kingdom) – Sept. 2019
– International Thai Film Festival (Bangkok, Thailand) – Sept. 2019
– Wreak Havoc Horror Film Fest (Greensboro, United States) – Sept. 2019
– Pentedattilo Film Festival (Italie) – Sept. 2019
– Fargo Fantastic Film Festival (United States) – Sept. 2019
– Festival du court métrage Méditerranéen de Tanger (Marocco) – Oct. 2019
– Flint Fright FilmFest (Michigan, United States) – Oct. 2019
– Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Film Festival, part of the Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (United States) – Oct. 2019 – BEST SCI-FI SHORT GRAND PRIZE
– Minikino Film Week 5, Bali International Short Film Festival (Indonesia) – Oct. 2019
– O Anjo Exterminador – Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantástico de Brasília (Brazil) – Oct. 2019
– Nocturna Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival (Espagne), Oct. 2019
– International Film and Comic Festival of Vilagarcia de Arousa (Espagne), Oct. 2019
– U-Horror Film Festival (United States), Oct. 2019
– Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest (Germany) – Nov. 2019
– International Festival Bosnia Herzegovina (Bottrop, Germany) – Nov. 2019 – SURPRISE AWARD (Überraschung Preis)
– Crash – International Fantastic Film Festival (Brazil) – Dec. 2019
– International Usak Winged Seahorse Short Film Festival (Turkey) – Dec. 2019
– Festival international Signes de Nuit (Urbino, Italy), Nov. 2019
– Insólito Film Festival (Lima, Peru) – Mar. 2020
-Phoenix film festival (Phoenix, U.S.A.) -Apr. 2020
– International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival (USA), March – April 2020
– Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (United Kingdom), Jun. 2020
