The Primordial Impasse (2022)

 

SYNOPSIS

 

« Why be afraid of the nothing in store for us

when it is no different from the one which preceded us? »

A man shares his thoughts on the condition preceding our birth.

A handful of fortuitous auditors are ephemerally linked by the

synchronous experience of listening to this reflexive message.

The project is based on the writings of philosopher Emil Cioran.

 

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

 

Experimental short film • Runtime: 03:20 • 4K Video

Color • Aspect ratio: 1,78:1 • Language: French

 

CREDITS

 

Screenwriting, directing, photography,

editing, sound design, production: Marco Joubert

Narrator:  Jean Marchand

Listeners: Alex Horvat, Arno Paré and Emm Rodriguez

Extras / Hands: Geneviève Guernier and Emm Rodriguez

Original Music: Nicholas Gnatenko

 

VIEWING LINK

 

Watch The Primordial Impasse on Vimeo

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Marco Joubert | Filmmaker + cinegrapher

PHOTOGRAPHY

 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

 

Winner: Outstanding Achievement - Best MLC Jewel, MLC Awards, North Little Rock, United States, 2023

Winner: Best Photography Award, Three Minutes Video Competition, Chiayi, Taiwan, 2022

Winner: Best Experimental Short, Top Indie Film Awards, Tokyo, Japan, 2022

Winner: Best Editing, Top Indie Film Awards, Tokyo, Japan, 2022

Nominee: Best Cinematography - Super Short Film, Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2023

Nominee: Best Experimental - Super Short Film, Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2023

Nominee: Best Director, Busan New Wave Short Film Festival, Busan, South Korea, 2022

Nominee: Best Experimental, Korea International Short Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea, 2022

Nominee: Best Cinematography, New York Odyssey Film Festival, New York City, United States, 2022

Nominee: Best Cinematography - Experimental Short Film, Tietê International Film Awards, Tietê, Brazil, 2023

Nominee: Best Acting Performance - Experimental Short Film, Tietê International Film Awards, Tietê, Brazil, 2023

Nominee: Best Cinematography, Top Indie Film Awards, Tokyo, Japan, 2022

Nominee: Best Original Idea, Top Indie Film Awards, Tokyo, Japan, 2022

Nominee: Best Music, Top Indie Film Awards, Tokyo, Japan, 2022

Nominee: Best Experimental, YES! Let's Make a Movie Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, 2023

Nominee: Best Under 100$, YES! Let's Make a Movie Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, 2023

Official Selection, 21114 Film Fest, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2022

Official Selection, AmiCorti Film Festival, Peveragno, Italy, 2023

Official Selection, Arouca Film Festival, Arouca, Portugal, 2023

Official Selection, Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Asheville, United States, 2023

Official Selection, Athens International Digital Film Festival, Athens, Greece, 2022

Official Selection, Cultur'halle Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland, 2023

Official Selection, Cut International Short Film Festival, Millville, United States, 2022

Official Selection, Deep Fried Film Festival, Airdrie, United Kingdom, 2022

Official Selection, Façade Video Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2023

Official Selection, Festival Cinemística, Granada, Spain, 2023

Official Selection, Festival del Cinema di Cefalù, Cefalù, Italy, 2023

Official Selection, Festival Fotogenia, Mexico City, Mexico, 2022

Official Selection, FINCORTEX - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Experimentales, Tunja, Colombia, 2023

Official Selection, FIVA - Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2023

Official Selection, FONLAD - Festival Internacional de Vídeo Arte e Performance, Coimbra, Portugal, 2023

DRAWINGS

INFO

 

Official Selection, Global Bengaluru International Film Festival, Bangalore, India, 2023

Official Selection, Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques, Marseille, France, 2023

Official Selection, Kurdistan International Independent Film Festival, Erbil, Iraq, 2023

Official Selection, Lifft India Filmotsav - World Cine Fest, Lonavala, India, 2022

Official Selection, Link International Film Festival, Virginia Water, United Kingdom, 2023

Official Selection, Madame ZuZu's International Film Festival, Highland Park, United States, 2023

Official Selection, Maldives Indie Film Festival, Maldives, 2023

Official Selection, Photometria in Motion, Ioannina, Greece, 2023

Official Selection, Pune Short Film Festival, Pune, India, 2023

Official Selection, SATX Cinema Showdown, San Antonio, United States, 2022

Official Selection, The Americas Film Festival of New York, New York, United States, 2023

Official Selection, Video Art Miden, Kalamata, Greece, 2023

Official Selection, WIFI Film Festival, Topeka, United States, 2023

Finalist, International Moving Film Festival, Abadan, Iran, 2022

Honorable Mention, Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 2022

 

SCREENINGS

 

Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 12/2023

Corrala de Santiago, Granada, Spain, 11/2023

Fonction: Cinéma - Maison des Arts du Grütli, Geneva, Switzerland, 10/2023

Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France, 10/2023

Dimitris Hatzis Cultural Centre, Ioannina, Greece, 09/2023

Lapidarium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 09/2023

Loja Interativa de Turismo, Arouca, Portugal, 09/2023

Casa da Esquina, Coimbra, Portugal, 07/2023

Vista Marina, Kalamata, Greece, 07/2023

Centro Aldo Viglione, Chiusa di Pesio, Italy, 06/2023

Instituto Cervantes New York, New York, United States, 06/2023

S.M. Joshi Socialist Foundation Auditorium, Pune, India, 05/2023

Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, United States, 04/2023

Madame ZuZu's Teahouse, Highland Park, United States, 04/2023

Grail Moviehouse, Asheville, United States, 03/2023

Veterinarska Ambulanta Darvin, Novi Sad, Serbia, 12/2022

Udruženje CPZV, Novi Sad, Serbia, 12/2022

Studio New Star Art Cinema, Athens, Greece, 12/2022

Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexico City, Mexico, 11/2022

Levoy Theatre, Millville, United States, 10/2022

 

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