Timecode (short film)

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Movie
German title Timecode
Original title Timecode
Country of production Spain
original language Spanish
Publishing year 2016
length 15 minutes
Rod
Director Juanjo Giménez
script Pere Altimira
Juanjo Giménez
production Juanjo Giménez
Daniel Villanueva
Arturo Méndiz
music Iván Céster
camera Pere Pueyoh
cut Silvia Cervantes
occupation

Timecode is a Spanish real film . The short film was directed by Juanjo Giménez . The film won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival in 2016 . The film was also nominated for Best Short Film at the 2017 Academy Awards.

action

Luna is bored of her uneventful daily routine as a security employee in a parking garage. However, the call due to a customer complaint leads to her finding out how the night watchman Diego is killing his monotonous working hours: In some clips in the surveillance video, he can be seen dancing in the parking lot. Luna decides to do the same. She notes the time period for him on the video in which she can be seen dancing. The couple develop a relationship by communicating through the garage surveillance video footage. As the film progresses, the two of them dance more and more courageously.

background

The short film was made in cooperation with the film school in Reus . It is the second Spanish film to have won a Palme d'Or, after Luis Buñuel's Viridiana from 1961 .

The plot of "Timecode" is based on a personal anecdote made by director Juanjo Giménez when he was working in the finance department of a company. One day a week he had less work. During this time he wrote stories on his work computer. One of his colleagues discovered it and used it against him.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oscar nominations 2017: Complete list of nominees; 'La La Land's' 14 ties record . In: The Washington Post , January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017. 
  2. ↑ Oscar Nominations 2017: The Complete List - 89th Academy Awards . Oscars.com. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List . Vanity Fair. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ Oscar nominations 2017 - "Timecode"
  5. ↑ Review on shorts.cineeurope.org
  6. ↑ « The Catalan Juanjo Giménez wins the Palme d'Or for the best short film in Cannes. »(In Catalan).