 2022, Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 Semi Finalist, etc.
CREDITS
CAST
Chester CATFISH JEAN
Annie DELILAH NAPIER
Nelson DYLAN SPRAYBERRY
Young Chester DJ “DAWDA” JALLOW JR.
Chester's mother ANNETTE MACK
Chester’s father ERIC YOUNG
The Sharks KHOLE HOLLAR, DAMON HENSLEY, JONATHAN
knuckle fight gang SAMUEL ANTONIO, KAIDEN PERRY, JOSHUA LUCERO
knuckle fight guy HUNTER WILLIAMSON
graveyard guy WALTER RODRIGUEZ
extras LEONARD SANCHEZ, GILBERT A. MARTINEZ, JOCELYN TORREZ, JOSEPH QUINTANA, ALEJANDRA ALVAREZ, JASON IRVIN, STEVE FORD, CHRIS QUINTANA, JACOB QUINTANA, MICHAEL BUGARIN, R. BUTLER, STEVEN FORD, …
CREW
written & directed by EUGEN MERHER
produced by PHILIP CHROBOT, SOPHIE LOTSCH
production company FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, TEMPOMEDIA FILMPRODUKTION GMBH
director of photography MORTIMER HOCHBERG
casting RYAN BERNARD TYMENSKI (C.S.A.)
costume design MILO KOLESKE
production design ALEXANDER ANTHOLZNER
sfx make up & hair SARAH HEIDELBERGER
2nd unit director of action BRINKY, P. R. STETSON
1. AC LEO SIKSTEL
gaffer LUIS RICARDO GUTIERREZ GARCIA, ROBERT ZUNIGA
best boy CAMILLO HOCHBERG
grip / electrician ALEXANDROS PATIKIDIS
production sound mixer PAUL POWALJAEW
PA / runner / driver CAMILLO HOCHBERG
editing ERNST LATTIK, MAXIMILIAN MERTH
original music by ALEXANDER WOLF DAVID
singers PAUL ANTHONY, ARVID NERO
guitar ANDREAS PFEIFFER
with original songs by ARVID NERO (FAREWELL & OUT IN THE NIGHT)
sound design FLOYD FÜRSTENAU, PAUL POWALJAEW, ROBIN HARFF
sound supervision & mixing ROBIN HARFF
foley artist & foley editing VOLKER ARMBRUSTER
foley recording MARCO SCHNEBEL
ADR studio NYC CDM STUDIOS
ADR recording CATHLEEN CONTE
color grading MANUEL PORTSCHY
VFX MARC ANGELE
VFX artists PASCAL SCHELBLI, BENJAMIN GÄTZSCHMANN, FYNN GROSSE-BLEY, KATTA SRIKAR, SUNIL SAINI
VFX DELI CREATIVE COLLECTIVE
VFX artist TIMO BELITZ
VFX ZORNSHOT GMBH
VFX artists JANNIS LANGE, MARTIN VAN DE WINKEL
payroll MEDIA SERVICES | TOMEKA PARKER, STEVE BIZENOV
SAG-AFTRA JULIE PONGOS, JOSHUA VASQUEZ, AARON KAMP
catering BECKY ZAPATA
PRODUCED BY FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
central line producer THOMAS LECHNER
leading lecturer PROF. MARTIN SCHMID
lecturers ZORAN BIHAC, HANNAH MARIA HEIDRICH, BERND T. HOEFFLIN, MARTINA LÜLSDORF, FLORIAN SIGL
study coordination OLIVIA MARTEN
very special thanks
SANDI, RICHARD & SAMUEL ANTONIO
ALEXANDER SCHILDT & VERA PORTZ, TEMPOMEDIA
special thanks
Filmakademie Baden Württemberg GmbH – Thomas Schadt, Thomas Lechner, Peter Beutel, Günter Herwig, Roland Mönch, Sabine Nicke, Ulrike Andraschko, Bettina Dobler, Martin Schmid, Zoran Bihac, Bernd T. Hoefflin, Florian Sigl, Olivia Marten, Sabina Stöckler
Tempomedia Filmproduktion – Alexander Schildt, Vera Portz, Uli Jason Ulbrich
Hey Baby Films – Johnny Parker, Emi Lofgren
City of Grants and Chris Roybal
Telsey Company L.A. - Ryan Bernard Tymensky, Tiffany Canfield, Brian Sutow
Gotham Group - Lee Stollman
Pallas Management Group – Laura Pallas
Boals, Winnett & Associates – Katie Lynch, Judy Boals
Talent Agency – Sarabeth Schedeen, Ronick Lavingia
PRG – Andrea Vestrand, Elizabeth Waites
Serious Grippage & Light Co – Ryan Halsey, Samantha Gordon
MalekoGrip – Mark Steinig, Jade Steinig, David Jean Schweitzer, Penske Truck Rental Albuquerque NM
car motion service – Thomas Landmesser
Thunderbird Lanes - Sandy
Falcomata Hovland Motors Inc – DJ Hovland
Bluewater Elementary School – Cynthia Julian
American Legion Post 80 Grants
Fire Department Grants – Coy & Team
Grants High School – Laura Smith
Cibola Citizen – Diego Lopez
KD Radio – Starr Powell
New Mexico Film Foundation – Dirk Norris
Vanessa Coaloa
Corinna Cannell)
Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! Finalist at the 2022 Student Academy Awards, Short Of The Week
This is the small-town legend of Chester, the boy who couldn’t feel pain.
FESTIVAL WINS
Kinsale Sharks 2022/23 Grand Prix Winner
Fargo Film Festival 2023 Winner Best Student Film
Cinéfest Sudbury 2022 – Runner-Up in Best International Short
Tirana International Film Festival 2022 – Winner Best Student Short
24th MUSIC & CINEMA Marseille 2023 – Winner Best Fiction Short Film
Stellar Jury Award Thomas Edison Film Festival 2022/2023
Ciclope 2022 New Talent in Direction Gold Winner
1.4 Awards 2022 Gold Winner
1x Gold & 1x Silver 2022 Young Director Award
2023 Brussels Short Film Festival Audience Award Next Generation Competition
Short Film Market Picks 2023 Clermont-Ferrand
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival 2022 – Best New Mexico Short
USA Film Festival 2023 Honorable Mention
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2022 – Honorable Mention
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Hollyshorts 2023, 2023 Pan African Film Festival Los Angeles, 2023 In The Palace Film Festival Bulgaria, 24th Off-Courts Trouville 2023, La Guarimba Film Festival 2023, Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2023, 33. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2023, Norwich Film Festival 2022, ALCINE 51 – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares 2022, Bolton Film Festival 2022, British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) 2022, Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 Semi Finalist, etc.
CREDITS
CAST
Chester CATFISH JEAN
Annie DELILAH NAPIER
Nelson DYLAN SPRAYBERRY
Young Chester DJ “DAWDA” JALLOW JR.
Chester’s mother ANNETTE MACK
Chester’s father ERIC YOUNG
The Sharks KHOLE HOLLAR, DAMON HENSLEY, JONATHAN
knuckle fight gang SAMUEL ANTONIO, KAIDEN PERRY, JOSHUA LUCERO
knuckle fight guy HUNTER WILLIAMSON
graveyard guy WALTER RODRIGUEZ
extras LEONARD SANCHEZ, GILBERT A. MARTINEZ, JOCELYN TORREZ, JOSEPH QUINTANA, ALEJANDRA ALVAREZ, JASON IRVIN, STEVE FORD, CHRIS QUINTANA, JACOB QUINTANA, MICHAEL BUGARIN, R. BUTLER, STEVEN FORD, …
CREW
written & directed by EUGEN MERHER
produced by PHILIP CHROBOT, SOPHIE LOTSCH
production company FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, TEMPOMEDIA FILMPRODUKTION GMBH
director of photography MORTIMER HOCHBERG
casting RYAN BERNARD TYMENSKI (C.S.A.)
costume design MILO KOLESKE
production design ALEXANDER ANTHOLZNER
sfx make up & hair SARAH HEIDELBERGER
2nd unit director of action BRINKY, P. R. STETSON
1. AC LEO SIKSTEL
gaffer LUIS RICARDO GUTIERREZ GARCIA, ROBERT ZUNIGA
best boy CAMILLO HOCHBERG
grip / electrician ALEXANDROS PATIKIDIS
production sound mixer PAUL POWALJAEW
PA / runner / driver CAMILLO HOCHBERG
editing ERNST LATTIK, MAXIMILIAN MERTH
original music by ALEXANDER WOLF DAVID
singers PAUL ANTHONY, ARVID NERO
guitar ANDREAS PFEIFFER
with original songs by ARVID NERO (FAREWELL & OUT IN THE NIGHT)
sound design FLOYD FÜRSTENAU, PAUL POWALJAEW, ROBIN HARFF
sound supervision & mixing ROBIN HARFF
foley artist & foley editing VOLKER ARMBRUSTER
foley recording MARCO SCHNEBEL
ADR studio NYC CDM STUDIOS
ADR recording CATHLEEN CONTE
color grading MANUEL PORTSCHY
VFX MARC ANGELE
VFX artists PASCAL SCHELBLI, BENJAMIN GÄTZSCHMANN, FYNN GROSSE-BLEY, KATTA SRIKAR, SUNIL SAINI
VFX DELI CREATIVE COLLECTIVE
VFX artist TIMO BELITZ
VFX ZORNSHOT GMBH
VFX artists JANNIS LANGE, MARTIN VAN DE WINKEL
payroll MEDIA SERVICES | TOMEKA PARKER, STEVE BIZENOV
SAG-AFTRA JULIE PONGOS, JOSHUA VASQUEZ, AARON KAMP
catering BECKY ZAPATA
PRODUCED BY FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
central line producer THOMAS LECHNER
leading lecturer PROF. MARTIN SCHMID
lecturers ZORAN BIHAC, HANNAH MARIA HEIDRICH, BERND T. HOEFFLIN, MARTINA LÜLSDORF, FLORIAN SIGL
study coordination OLIVIA MARTEN
very special thanks
SANDI, RICHARD & SAMUEL ANTONIO
ALEXANDER SCHILDT & VERA PORTZ, TEMPOMEDIA
special thanks
Filmakademie Baden Württemberg GmbH – Thomas Schadt, Thomas Lechner, Peter Beutel, Günter Herwig, Roland Mönch, Sabine Nicke, Ulrike Andraschko, Bettina Dobler, Martin Schmid, Zoran Bihac, Bernd T. Hoefflin, Florian Sigl, Olivia Marten, Sabina Stöckler
Tempomedia Filmproduktion – Alexander Schildt, Vera Portz, Uli Jason Ulbrich
Hey Baby Films – Johnny Parker, Emi Lofgren
City of Grants and Chris Roybal
Telsey Company L.A. – Ryan Bernard Tymensky, Tiffany Canfield, Brian Sutow
Gotham Group – Lee Stollman
Pallas Management Group – Laura Pallas
Boals, Winnett & Associates – Katie Lynch, Judy Boals
Talent Agency – Sarabeth Schedeen, Ronick Lavingia
PRG – Andrea Vestrand, Elizabeth Waites
Serious Grippage & Light Co – Ryan Halsey, Samantha Gordon
MalekoGrip – Mark Steinig, Jade Steinig, David Jean Schweitzer, Penske Truck Rental Albuquerque NM
car motion service – Thomas Landmesser
Thunderbird Lanes – Sandy
Falcomata Hovland Motors Inc – DJ Hovland
Bluewater Elementary School – Cynthia Julian
American Legion Post 80 Grants
Fire Department Grants – Coy & Team
Grants High School – Laura Smith
Cibola Citizen – Diego Lopez
KD Radio – Starr Powell
New Mexico Film Foundation – Dirk Norris
Vanessa Coaloa
Corinna Cannell
