The Night I Swam | |||||
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Music: | Jérôme Petit | ||||
Cinematography: | Wataru Takahashi | ||||
Editing: | William Laboury | ||||
Runtime: | 79 minutes | ||||
Gross: | US$20,440[1] |
is a 2017 French-Japanese co-production drama film directed by Kohei Igarashi and Damien Manivel. The film was featured at a number of International Film Festivals during its release, including the Febiofest film festival in Prague 2018,[2] the Sofia Film Festival and the BUFF film Festival [3]
A 6-year-old boy is awoken one night by his fisherman father heading to work. Finding it impossible to fall back to sleep, he draws a picture which he then slips into his satchel. On his way to school next morning, still drowsy, he wanders off the path and ends up lost in the snow. The boy gets on a train, ending up in a big city, and endeavours to find his way home.[4]
The film was shot in location in Aomori, Japan, as a French-Japanese co-production. The film had no actual dialogue, with only the sounds of the actions of the main character.
The film featured at a number of festivals including:
The film was nominated for a number of awards, winning one:
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | |
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2017 | Venice Film Festival | Orizzonti awards | The Night I Swam | [6] [7] | |
2017 | Tokyo Filmex | Student Jury Prize | The Night I Swam | [8] | |
2018 | International Film Festival for Children and Youth | Golden Butterfly for Best Feature Film Screenplay | Damien Manivel and Kohei Igarashi | ||