Film type: Short
Film Category: Short
Genre: Drama
Film Length: 17min
Showtimes: Coming Soon
Short Synopsis:
Shadow boxing is a training exercise where the boxer trades blows with their reflection. In other words, a shadow boxer is someone who fights themself.
After committing a violent felony, passing an anti- violence training is Ahmets last chance to take his personal and occupational future into his own hands. A challenging test that he can withstand only with difficulty.
Directors:
Jannis Lenz
Producers:
Silvia Winzinger
Writers:
Jannis Lenz
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Main Cast:
Ahmet: Ahmet Simsek
Socialworker: Elisabeth Jungherr, Jörg Buchmüller
Boxing instructor: Branimir Radoslajevic
List of Accolades/Awards:
17.03.2015 * 18th DIAGONALE – FESTIVAL DES ÖSTERREICHISCHEN FILMS (Official Selection, Graz, Austria)
*BEST SHORTFILM*
13.05.2015 * 8th CINEMA NEXT FILMNACHT (Screening, Linz, Austria)
27.05.2015 * VIS VIENNA INDEPENDENT SHORTS (Competition, Austria)
13.06.2015 * 43rd FESTIVAL OF NATIONS (Competition, Lenzing, Austria)
*LENZING AWARD*
23.06.2015 * 69th EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Competition, UK)
*HONORABLE JURY MENTION*
29.06.2015 * 1st MONTEFELTRO FILM SCHOOL FESTIVAL (Competition, Italy)
14.08.2015 * 7th SHORTYNALE (Competition, Klosterneuburg, Austria)
*BEST AUSTRIAN FILM*
25.06.2015 * 13th CINEMADAMARE (Competition, Italy/Spain)
12.09.2015 * 12th JAMESON CINEFEST – MISKOLC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Hungary)
17.09.2015 * 28th HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Competition, Finnland)
22.09.2015 * 20th 2ANNAS – RIGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Competition, Latvia)
16.10.2015 * 5th INTERNATIONAL FRONTALE FILM FESTIVAL (Competition, Austria)
*AUDIENCE AWARD & REGION FILM AWARD*
20.10.2015 * DOX & SHORTS – FESTIVALFILME AUF STEIERMARKTOUR (Screening tour, Austria)
22.11.2015 * SCREENING AT THE AUSTRIAN FILM ACEDEMY AT MUMOK CINEMA (Screening, Vienna, Austria)
06.12.2015 * 21th FILMSCHAU BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG (Competition, Germany)
07.02.2016 * 32nd INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL “SARAJEVO WINTER 2016” (Official Selection, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
12.02.2016 * 6th FiLUMS’16 INT’L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Pakistan)
17.03.2016 * 23rd FEBIOFEST BRATISLAVA (Short Film Competition „in the middle of Europe“, Slovakia)
