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Terra Incognita

By

Peter Volkart

During the 1920s, a young pataphysician becomes the talk of the town when he declares that gravity does not exist.

Documentary

TV-Movie

18

Min.

Format

35mm, Beta SP & DVD

Sound

Stereo

Country

Switzerland

Languages

Subtitles

English, French

Synopsis

He was in the headlines for a brief period in the late 1920s: Igor Leschenko, the young physicist from Hermannstadt, whose bizarre experiments cast doubt upon the law of gravity. The debacle at the pataphysicist convention leads to a secret expedition to the point of zero gravity. Rare film documentation of a hazardous journey beyond Zentropa through the Karfunkel archipelago. Will he ever find the Nanopol island?

Crew

Director

Peter Volkart

Script

Peter Volkart

director of photography

Hansueli Schenkel

Music

Sound

Editing

Harald & Herbert

Picture Design

Producer

Franziska Reck

More Crew Members

Props Art

Peter Volkart

Compositing

Volkart & Volkart, Paul Avondet

Sound Design

Voco Fauxpas

Mixing

Christian Beusch

Cast

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Volker Risch

Narrator

Sandra Künzi

Actress

Bodo Krumwiede

Narrator

Paul Avondet

Actor

Festivals

2005

40. Solothurner Filmtage

Premiere

Solothurn

Switzerland

2005

Fantoche

5th International Animation Festival

Baden

Switzerland

2005

58ème Festival International Du Film De Locarno

Selection Officielle

Locarno

Switzerland

2005

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

Shortfilm Competition

Neuchâtel

Switzerland

2005

Festival International Des Films Du Monde

Selection Officielle

Montréal

Canada

2005

Festival Internacional De Cinema De Catalunya

Selection Officielle

Sitges Barcelona

Spain

2005

Cinéma Tout Écran

Geneva International Shortfilm Competition

Shortfilm Competition

Geneva

Switzerland

2005

Scienceplusfiction Trieste

International Science Fiction Festival European Fantastic Short Competition

Trieste

Italy

2005

Festival Internazionale Del Cortometraggio

International Competition

Siena

Italy

2005

Resfest

Digital Film Festival

Zurich

Switzerland

2006

Fipa

Festival International De Programmes Audiovisuels

Selection Officielle

Biarritz

France

2006

Manchester International Short Film Festival

International Competition

Manchester

UK

2006

Flickerfest

International Shortfilm Festival

International Competition

Sydney

Australia

2006

Festival Du Court Métrage

International Shortfilm Competition

Clermont-Ferrand

France

2006

Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers

International Competition

Angers

France

2006

35th International Film Festival Rotterdam

International Shortfilm Competition

Rotterdam

Netherland

2006

25th Viper

International Festival For Film Video And New Media

International Comp.

Basel

Switzerland

2006

7th Festival Internationales De Jóvenes Realizadores

International Competition

Granada

Spain

2006

Imago Young Film Festival Fundâo

Fundâo

Portugal

2006

Film Society Of Lincoln Center

And Museum Of Modern Art

New Directors / New Films

New York

USA

2006

7th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff)

Competition

Jeonju

Korea

2006

3rd Indielisboa

Lisbon International Independent Film Festival

Competition

Lisbon

Portugal

2006

European Media Art Festival

Osnabrück

Germany

2006

Tous Les Cinema Du Monde

Selection Suisse

Cannes

France

2006

46th Cracow Film Festival

Reflexes

Cracow

Poland

2006

Huesca Film Festival Europe Forum

Huesca

Spain

2006

Worldwide Short Film Festival Canadian Film Centre

Opening Night

Toronto

Canada

2006

32nd Seattle International Film Festival

Competition

Seattle

USA

2006

La Nuit La Plus Court

César Acadèmie Des Art Et Techniques Du Cinema

Paris

France

2006

Arcipelago

International Festival Of Short Films & New Images

Competition

Rome

Italy

2006

Anonimul International Film Festival

Danube Delta Rumänien Fiction Short

Competition

Sfântu Gheorghe

Romania

2006

Expresion En Corto Festival International De Cine

Internatl Fiction Selection

San Miguel de Allende

Mexico

2006

Imago Young Film Festival Fundâo

Competition

Fundâo

Portugal

2006

Best Of Short Film Festival

Competition

La Ciotat

France

2006

3° Sedicicorto International Short Film Festival

International Competition

Forli

Italy

2006

Xvi Message To Man Iff

International Competition

St. Petersburg

Russia

2006

Espoo Cine Xvii International Film Festival

Melies D’or Competition

Espoo

Finland

2006

12th Festival Of European Films On Wheels

Competition

Turkey

2006

36th Kiev Molodist International Film Festival

International Competition

Kiev

Ukraine

2006

Asiana International Short Film Festival

Competition

Seoul

Korea

2006

Berlin Babylon 14 International Independent Film Festival

Berlin

Germany

2006

International Short Film Festival Leuven

Leuven

Belgium

2006

13. Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche

International Competition

Regensburg

Germany

2006

23. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest

Kassel

Germany

2006

10th Cinenygma Luxembourg Int. Film Festival

Luxembourg

2006

Tallgrass Film Festival

Tallgrass

USA

2006

12th International Short Film Festival

Kalmthout

Belgium

2006

14th Annual Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival

Toronto

Canada

2006

27ème Festival Du Film Court De Villeurbanne

Villeurbanne

France

2007

Berlin Independent Filmfestival –

Berlin

Germany

2007

!f Istanbul Film Festival

Istanbul

Turkey

2007

Festival Des Nouveaux Cinémas

Paris

France

2007

Concorto Short Film Festival

Pontenure

Italy

2007

Digifestival Net

Online Festival

Italy

2007

Filmbiennale Ludwigsburg

Ludwigsburg

Germany

2007

Akbank Short Film Festival

Akbank

Turkey

2006

8. Schweinfurter Kurzfilmtage

Schweinfurt

Germany

2007

17. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage

Wettbewerb

Bamberg

Germany

2007

International Eskisehir Film Days

Eskisehir

Turkey

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Awards

2006

Winner «Best Short Film»

Swiss Film Prize

2005

Winner «Best Short Film»

Scienceplusfiction – Festival Internazionale Della Fantascienza Trieste

2005

Winner «Best Short Film»

Zürcher Filmpreis

2006

Winner «Best Short Film – Fipa D’or»

Festival International Fipa Biarritz - France

2005

Winner «Best Short Fiction Film»

Festival Internazionale Del Cortometraggio Di Siena

2005

Winner «Best Short Film»

Festival International Des Films Du Monde - Montréal

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