The Lonely Orbit

Short Film, 9’ 22”, Switzerland, 2019

Leaving for his dream job, a satellite technician keeps solitude at bay by constantly texting with his old friends. After neglecting his duties a satellite leaves its orbit which causes the worlds network to collapse.

Angelangt in seinem Traumjob versucht der Satellitentechniker Dan seine Einsamkeit zu bewältigen indem er durch Kurznachrichten in ständigem Kontakt mit seinen alten Freunden steht. Als er seine Aufgaben vernachlässigt, verlässt ein Satellit seinen Orbit, was zu einer Kettenreaktion und zum Kollaps des gesamten Funknetzwerks der Welt führt.

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Awards

Highly Commended Award, Cardiff Animation Festival 2020
Best International Short, 2nd Place, Chilemonos 2020
Youth Jury Award, Nuit du Court Métrage 2020
Prix Opale, Delémont Hollywood 2020
Luzerner Filmpreis, 2nd Place, Upcoming Film Makers 2020
The Favourite Film of the Student Jury, Primanima World Festival of First Animations 2019
Best Animated Short, SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia 2019
Special Mention, Animatou 2019
Fantastic Swiss Award, Fantoche 2019
Swiss Youth Award, Fantoche 2019

Making Of

Festival du film d’animation Savigny
Savigny CH, 12.09.20, (International Competition)

Indie-AniFest
Seoul KR, 17.09.-22.9.20, (Swiss Focus Program)

Pictoplasma
Berlin DE, 18.09.-19.09.20, (International Showcase)

Upcoming Film Makers
Lucerne CH, 19.09.20, (Swiss Competition)

Weird International Animation Market and Festival
Segovia ES, 28.09.-04.10.20, (International Competition)

Chilemonos International Animation Festival
Santiago CHL, 30.09.-24.10.20, (International Competition)

Delémont Hollywood
Delémont CH, 01.10.20, (Screening Oscar-eligible Shorts)

Animation Volda Festival
Volda NO, 02.10.-03.10.20, (International Competition)

Festival of Animation Berlin
Berlin DE, 09.10.-11.10.20, (International Competition)

Animafilm
Baku AZ, 14.10.-18.10.20, (International Competition)

Sapporo International Shortfilm Festival
Sapporo JP, 14.10.-18.10.20, (International Competition)

Animatricks
Helsinki FIN, 15.10.-18.10.20, (International Competition)

Cardiff Animation Festival
Cardiff UK, 17.10.-01.11.20, (International Competition)

Panama Animation Festival
Panama City PAN, 24.10.-28.10.20, (International Competition)

Galician Freaky Film Festival
Vigo ES, 28.10.-31.10.20, (International Competition)

Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
Trieste IT, 29.10.-03.11.20, (International Competition)

Global Science Film Festival
Zurich CH, 06.11.-07.11.20, (Swiss Competition)

Shorts that are not Pants Festival
Toronto CAN, 13.11.-22.11.20, (International Competition)

Cortos en Grande
Santiago CHL, 18.11.-25.11.20, (International Competition)

Canberra Short Film Festival
Canberra AUS, 20.11.-29.11.20, (International Competition)

Lublin Film Festival
Lublin PL, 23.11.-28.11.20, (International Competition)

Phenomena Festival
Sao Paulo BR, 24.11.-06.12.20, (International Competition)

SIGGRAPH ASIA
Virtual, 04.12.-13.12.20, (International Showcase)

Leuven International Short Film Festival
Leuven BE, 05.12.-12.12.20, (International Competition)

Animafest Gdansk
Gdansk PL, 05.12.-12.12.20, (International Competition)

Insomnia International Open-Air Animation Film Festival
Moscow RUS, 2020, (International Competition) 

Petit Plan: Europa II
Athens GR, 01.02-05.02.21, (International Competition)

Bamberger Kurzfilmtage
Bamberg DE, 08.03.-28.3.21, (International Competition) 

Tokyo Anime Award Festival
Tokyo JP, 12.03-15.03.21, (International Competition) 

ClujShorts International Short Film Festival
Cluj Napoca RO, 16.04.-25.04.21, (International Competition)

International Filmmaker Festival of New York
New York USA, 21.5.-24.5.21, (International Competition)

Framed Animation Festival
Groningen NL, 29.5.21, (International Competition)

Mecal Pro Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival
Barcelona ES, 22.03-22.04.21, (SCI-FI programme)

Psarokokalo Athens International Short Film Festival
Athens GR, 02.06-08.06.21, (International Competition)

Flensburger Kurzfilmtage
Flensburg DE, 4.6.-5.6.21, (International Competition)

Stockholm Independent Film Festival
Stockholm SE, 17.6.-24.6.21, (International Competition)

ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival
Poznan PL, 9.7.-15.7.21, (Special programme: Fears and Dreams of Our Future)

Lago Film Festival
Revine Lage IT, 23.7.-1.8.21, (International Competition)

La Guarimba Film Festival
Amantea IT, 23.7.-1.8.21, (International Competition)

Festival Filosofia/Ennesimo Film Festival, Sassuolo
Sassuolo IT, 17.09-19.09.21, (International Competititon)

Animadeba
Deba ES, 08.09-22.09.21, (International Competititon)

ZOOM Zblizenia International Film Festival
Jelenia Gora PL, 04.10-12.10.21, (International Competititon)

Kaohsiung Film Festival
Taiwan, 15.10-31.10.21, (Swiss Fantastic Films on Tour)

Canlandıranlar Film Festival
TR, 18.10-24.10.21, (International Competititon)

Florence Short Film Festival
Florence IT, 03.11-04.11.21, (International Competititon)

CulturaFest Contemporary Culture Festival
Helsinki FIN, 07.11-06.02.22, (International Competititon)

Tatsuno International Film Festival
Tatsuno JP, 20.11-29.11.21, (International Competititon)

Tehran International Animation Festival
Tehran IR, 05.03-09.03.22, (International Competititon)

Soundtrack

Credits

Directors
Frederic Siegel
Benjamin Morard

Producer
Marwan Abdalla Eissa

Co-Producer
Swiss Radio and Television
Gabriela Bloch-Steinmann

Music
Luc Gut
Norman Chambers
Geva Alon

Layout
Nico Kast
Frederic Siegel

Animation
Frederic Siegel
Benjamin Morard
Nina Christen
Justine Klaiber
Estelle Gattlen

Sounddesign & Mix
Thomas Gassmann
Kilian Vilim

Foley
Dieter Hebben

Voices
Will Crook
Estelle Gattlen
Garrick James Lauterbach
Galileo Disperati
Tobias Fluck
Eri Eitoku

Supported by
Federal Office of Culture
Zürcher Filmstiftung
Canton Zug
Canton Obwalden
The City of Baar

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Special Thanks
Our families and friends for their support
Marjolaine Perreten
Larissa Morard
Carole Eissa
Konstantin Bronzit
Jonas Raeber
Dustin Rees
Noah Bohnert
Nils Hedinger
Moritz Schneider
Matthias Sahli
Jonathan Wüst
Florian Winkler
Jessica Buser
Peter & Maja Siggs
Andrea Schneider
Celine Geser
Tomek Grzelak

GSFA
Swiss Films
Michéle Wannaz
Marcel Derek Ramsey
Carole Bagnoud
Eric Andreae
Giulia Martinelli
Jadwiga Kowalska
Jean First
Joël von Moos
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Manuela Leuenberger
Joel Hofmann
Etienne Mory
Lukas Pulver
Joder Von Rotz
A.J. Quack
Mario Kart