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June 2008
>> Dark Room
My surreal short film «Dark Room» takes part in the competition of CyBorg Film Festival in Italy.

Mai 2008
>> 140 Years of IWC «The vintage collection»
My LeMob-partner Neil Stubbings and i were working for 4 months on this 2.5D animated clip. Click here to enjoy the result.
Swiss luxury watch brand IWC launched a new "vintage" collection based on classic models.
This 10 minute movie portrays all six watches within a narrative story told by F.A Jones, founder of IWC.
The Movie consists mostly of still images along with a few greenscreen shot actors and 35mm footage of
the watches. Watch Clip Production Company: Condor Films.

March 2008
>> ZOFKA «Je ne suis qu'à moi»
Zofka Music Video will be in the competition this March at 3rd International AFIA Film Festival in
Aarhus, Denmark. more infos: www.afiafilmfestival.dk
And also at ReelHeART International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada this June.
more infos: www.reelheart.com

Nov. 2007
>> Award for ARTE Station Idents.
The station idents for the french/german cultural channel ARTE, won another award for
best commercial/station ident package at the 2007 'european eyes and ears awards'.
watch clips www.eeofe.de

> >Dark Room in Havana
Dark Room was shown in Cuba at the 6th Muestra Nacional de Nuevos Realizadores, Havana.

Oct 2007
>> Miss Schweiz.
I designed and animated the opener for the swiss beauty competition show.
So much beauty at the same time...! watch here

>> New Homepage for LeMob
Take a look on our brand new site www.le-mob.com

>> Dark Room.
My surreal short film will make a tour trough Russia! like Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities.
Also the Film will take part at the Festival 'Kinofest' in Bucarest, Romania in November, and in
Geneva, Switzerland in the intl. competition programm of CineGlobe Festival.

July 2007
>> Dark Room.
My surreal short film is in the programm of the Int. Fantastik Filmfestival in Lund, Sweden and at
the Int. Animation Festival 'Fantoche' in Baden, Switzerland.

May 2007
>> Bronze Award for ARTE.
ARTE Ident 'Telewizzle' won Bronze at this year EBU (European Broadcast Union) award show
.
>> Happy Day
I directed, designed and animated the opener for the primetime show 'Happy Day'. you can see
it by clicking here, or by switching to the swiss tv channel SF1.

>> déjà vü goes LeMob!
After successfull 3 years, the creative network 'déjà vü' changes into 'LeMob'.
go and see www.le-mob.ch

March 29th
>>NEMO, Paris
One of the leading Festivals in moving images and new forms of filmmaking - «Nemo» - starting
April 25th in Paris.
My surreal shortclip «Dark Room» will be screened in the international sections.
infos on www.arcadi.fr

January 19th
>>ARTE
All 14 Idents are now on air. Thanks to all contributers!

Oct. 29th 2006
>> ARTE
In Prague i was directing 14 station idents for the european cultural channel ARTE.
The final result will be shown beginning of year 2007.

Oct. 25th 2006
>> Another award for «Dark Room»
«Dark Room» was awarded for «best internl. videocreation» at the 7th Internatl. Filmfestival
Santiago de Compostela, Spain. www.santiagoturismo.com/curtocircuito06/

Sept. 20th 2006
«Dark Room» was selected for the following international festivals:
Internatl. Shortfilm Festival de Santiago, Chile.
Sopot Film Festival, Sopot, Poland.
Backup_Festival Weimar, Germany.
Internatl. Film Festival, Forli, Italy.
Sept. 10th 2006
I directed a new commercial for the Swiss Health Insurance 'Atupri' which will be broadcasted
end of this year.

August 25th 2006
«Dark Room» will also be shown at the following international Festivals:
Milano Film Festival, Italy
Senef, Internatl. Seoul Film Festival. Korea
Borges en Curt. Internacional Short Film Festival, Lleida, Spain.
Antimatter Underground Film Festival Victoria, BC, Canada.
Hull International Short Film Festival, UK.
International Festival of New Film, Split, Croatia.

August 15th 2006
>> New TV Opener for «Schweiz Aktuell»
Watch the brand new News Opener «Schweiz Aktuell» which i directed recently.
deja-vu creative network was responsible for the motion graphics and compositing.

July 18th 2006
«Dark Room» is nominated for the competition of the following two
international festivals:
www.santiagoturismo.com/curtocircuito06/
www.viewfinders.at/ohnekohle/VideoFilmfestival/

June 29th 2006
>> DVD compilation released
«Dark Room» and «Klopfer» are now available on the 2006 MGC festival
DVD compilation. By mistake, Dark Room was titeled as «night» and
Klopfer has a wrong spelling. Anyway, the collection DVD is really worth to
buy and can be ordered by clicking on the link below
http://www.mgchicago.com/v2/festival/06/dvd.php

«Dark Room» was selected for the Imaginaria Film Festival in
Conversano, Italy. For further infos please click on the link below.
http://www.imaginariafilmfestival.org/web2/modules/news/

June 23rd 2006
>> Gold for «Kino hoch zwei»
At this year Promax/BDA conference in New York the package design
«Kino hoch zwei» for the swiss national TV won gold.
watch clip

June 15th 2006
«Dark Room» is nominated for the 21st Internatl. Odense Film Festival
www.filmfestival.dk, and also for the Vienna Short Film Festival
'Cosi fan tutte' www.shortfilmcompetition.at

June 3rd 2006
>> Zofka
The brand new music video for the nu chanson duo «Zofka» had its
world premiere in zurich. The song 'je ne suis qu'a moi' tells a story
of a sated love so honestly and intimate that i decided to show all
special effects by analog tricks. The stage design were modeled on the
video asthetic of music films of the late 60ies (like Serge Gainsbourg
etc)
see and hear more about zofka: www.zofka.tv

may 6th 2006
«Dark Room» was also selected for the following International Festivals:
- Brooklyn International Film Festival, NY, USA. http://wbff.org
- DiBa International Digital FilmFestival, Barcelona, Spain.
http://www.dibafestival.com
- Timefilmfestival, Lausanne, Switzerland.
http://www.timefilmfestival.ch

april 18th 2006
>> Orell Fussli
For the leading swiss book seller «Orell Fussli» i directed a short
billboard commercial of four merging book readers.
Production company: AbsolutturnusFilm.

april 7th 2006
«Dark Room» won the award for best international experimental short
at the 13th Intl. Young Filmmakers Festival in Granada, Spain.
http://www.filmfest-granada.com

april 3rd 2006
>> Zofka
The two-day-shooting for a brand new music clip for the duo «zofka»
(big stars in the 'nu chanson' scene) was a hard work but primarily big
fun for everyone! All special effects were made in real which cost a lot
of patience and testing. The final clip will be released end of may.

march 8th 2006
«Dark Room» won the award for innovative use of the technologies in
the film at 3rd Vilnius independent film and videoart festival "Next
Festival 2006". http://www.nextfestival.net

march 7th 2006
«Dark Room» was also selected for the 3rd Black&White Festival
Audiovisual in Porto, Portugal.

february 23rd 2006
«Dark Room» was also selected for the 13th Intl. Young Filmmakers
Festival in Granada, Spain.

february 21st 2006
My experimental short film «Dark Room» was selected for the 3rd Nextfestival in Vilnius, Lithuania. http://www.nextfestival.net

January 2005
>> Winter Olympic Games Torino 2006
For the upcoming winter games i could design and direct the opening trailer.

>> Swisscanto
'Money makes happy' the campaign slogan says. So i directed three
smoothly weird TV billboard spots.
Production company: AbsolutturnusFilm.
(load clip1 load clip 2 load clip 3)
December 2005

>> Kino hoch zwei
With a super high speed camera we shot a unfolding popcorn for the
brand new film label «Kino hoch zwei». Furthermore we created and
designed the complete design package.

>> Chicago Motion Design Festival
'Klopfer' and 'Dark Room' was selected for the 3rd Chicago Motion
Design Festival in Chicago. More info: http://mgchicago.com

November 2005
>> Edi05
The Music Clip «Alive» from Swiss Artist Mia Aegerter won Bronze at
this year's Edi Award Show. Many thanks to all contributors!

September 2005
>> onedotzero_ch
At this years event of onedotzero09 adventures in moving images, we
could proudly present the premiere of the specifically tailored swiss
programm «onedotzero_ch».
A new programm is planned for the next year, so watch out for
submission call!
(zurichfilmfestival.com)

August 2005
>> Win A Chalet
For «Gleis7», a youth brand of the Swiss Federal Railways i could
design and realise a complete computer generated TV Commercial.
Agency: Maxomedia.

July 2005
>> Atupri
RFor the Swiss Health Insurance «Atupri» i directed 2 TV Commercials
in Prague, Czec Republik.
Agency: Fruitcake, Berne, Production company: EMC, Zurich,
Editing: Adeline Thomas.

June 2005
>> SF DRS Imagefilm
Directing job for 6 short clips for the SwissTV Network imagetrailer.
Production company: AbsolutturnusFilm. Editing: TPC, Pat Sieber.




	June 2008 >> Dark Room My surreal short film «Dark Room» takes part in the competition of CyBorg Film Festival in Italy. Mai 2008 >> 140 Years of IWC «The vintage collection» My LeMob-partner Neil Stubbings and i were working for 4 months on this 2.5D animated clip. Click here to enjoy the result. Swiss luxury watch brand IWC launched a new "vintage" collection based on classic models. This 10 minute movie portrays all six watches within a narrative story told by F.A Jones, founder of IWC. The Movie consists mostly of still images along with a few greenscreen shot actors and 35mm footage of the watches. Watch Clip Production Company: Condor Films. March 2008 >> ZOFKA «Je ne suis qu'à moi» Zofka Music Video will be in the competition this March at 3rd International AFIA Film Festival in Aarhus, Denmark. more infos: www.afiafilmfestival.dk And also at ReelHeART International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada this June. more infos: www.reelheart.com Nov. 2007 >> Award for ARTE Station Idents. The station idents for the french/german cultural channel ARTE, won another award for best commercial/station ident package at the 2007 'european eyes and ears awards'. watch clips www.eeofe.de > >Dark Room in Havana Dark Room was shown in Cuba at the 6th Muestra Nacional de Nuevos Realizadores, Havana. Oct 2007 >> Miss Schweiz. I designed and animated the opener for the swiss beauty competition show. So much beauty at the same time...! watch here >> New Homepage for LeMob Take a look on our brand new site www.le-mob.com >> Dark Room. My surreal short film will make a tour trough Russia! like Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities. Also the Film will take part at the Festival 'Kinofest' in Bucarest, Romania in November, and in Geneva, Switzerland in the intl. competition programm of CineGlobe Festival. July 2007 >> Dark Room. My surreal short film is in the programm of the Int. Fantastik Filmfestival in Lund, Sweden and at the Int. Animation Festival 'Fantoche' in Baden, Switzerland. May 2007 >> Bronze Award for ARTE. ARTE Ident 'Telewizzle' won Bronze at this year EBU (European Broadcast Union) award show . >> Happy Day I directed, designed and animated the opener for the primetime show 'Happy Day'. you can see it by clicking here, or by switching to the swiss tv channel SF1. >> déjà vü goes LeMob! After successfull 3 years, the creative network 'déjà vü' changes into 'LeMob'. go and see www.le-mob.ch March 29th >>NEMO, Paris One of the leading Festivals in moving images and new forms of filmmaking - «Nemo» - starting April 25th in Paris. My surreal shortclip «Dark Room» will be screened in the international sections. infos on www.arcadi.fr January 19th >>ARTE All 14 Idents are now on air. Thanks to all contributers! Oct. 29th 2006 >> ARTE In Prague i was directing 14 station idents for the european cultural channel ARTE. The final result will be shown beginning of year 2007. Oct. 25th 2006 >> Another award for «Dark Room» «Dark Room» was awarded for «best internl. videocreation» at the 7th Internatl. Filmfestival Santiago de Compostela, Spain. www.santiagoturismo.com/curtocircuito06/ Sept. 20th 2006 «Dark Room» was selected for the following international festivals: Internatl. Shortfilm Festival de Santiago, Chile. Sopot Film Festival, Sopot, Poland. Backup_Festival Weimar, Germany. Internatl. Film Festival, Forli, Italy. Sept. 10th 2006 I directed a new commercial for the Swiss Health Insurance 'Atupri' which will be broadcasted end of this year. August 25th 2006 «Dark Room» will also be shown at the following international Festivals: Milano Film Festival, Italy Senef, Internatl. Seoul Film Festival. Korea Borges en Curt. Internacional Short Film Festival, Lleida, Spain. Antimatter Underground Film Festival Victoria, BC, Canada. Hull International Short Film Festival, UK. International Festival of New Film, Split, Croatia. August 15th 2006 >> New TV Opener for «Schweiz Aktuell» Watch the brand new News Opener «Schweiz Aktuell» which i directed recently. deja-vu creative network was responsible for the motion graphics and compositing. July 18th 2006 «Dark Room» is nominated for the competition of the following two international festivals: www.santiagoturismo.com/curtocircuito06/ www.viewfinders.at/ohnekohle/VideoFilmfestival/ June 29th 2006 >> DVD compilation released «Dark Room» and «Klopfer» are now available on the 2006 MGC festival DVD compilation. By mistake, Dark Room was titeled as «night» and Klopfer has a wrong spelling. Anyway, the collection DVD is really worth to buy and can be ordered by clicking on the link below http://www.mgchicago.com/v2/festival/06/dvd.php «Dark Room» was selected for the Imaginaria Film Festival in Conversano, Italy. For further infos please click on the link below. http://www.imaginariafilmfestival.org/web2/modules/news/ June 23rd 2006 >> Gold for «Kino hoch zwei» At this year Promax/BDA conference in New York the package design «Kino hoch zwei» for the swiss national TV won gold. watch clip June 15th 2006 «Dark Room» is nominated for the 21st Internatl. Odense Film Festival www.filmfestival.dk, and also for the Vienna Short Film Festival 'Cosi fan tutte' www.shortfilmcompetition.at June 3rd 2006 >> Zofka The brand new music video for the nu chanson duo «Zofka» had its world premiere in zurich. The song 'je ne suis qu'a moi' tells a story of a sated love so honestly and intimate that i decided to show all special effects by analog tricks. The stage design were modeled on the video asthetic of music films of the late 60ies (like Serge Gainsbourg etc) see and hear more about zofka: www.zofka.tv may 6th 2006 «Dark Room» was also selected for the following International Festivals: - Brooklyn International Film Festival, NY, USA. http://wbff.org - DiBa International Digital FilmFestival, Barcelona, Spain. http://www.dibafestival.com - Timefilmfestival, Lausanne, Switzerland. http://www.timefilmfestival.ch april 18th 2006 >> Orell Fussli For the leading swiss book seller «Orell Fussli» i directed a short billboard commercial of four merging book readers. Production company: AbsolutturnusFilm. april 7th 2006 «Dark Room» won the award for best international experimental short at the 13th Intl. Young Filmmakers Festival in Granada, Spain. http://www.filmfest-granada.com april 3rd 2006 >> Zofka The two-day-shooting for a brand new music clip for the duo «zofka» (big stars in the 'nu chanson' scene) was a hard work but primarily big fun for everyone! All special effects were made in real which cost a lot of patience and testing. The final clip will be released end of may. march 8th 2006 «Dark Room» won the award for innovative use of the technologies in the film at 3rd Vilnius independent film and videoart festival "Next Festival 2006". http://www.nextfestival.net march 7th 2006 «Dark Room» was also selected for the 3rd Black&White Festival Audiovisual in Porto, Portugal. february 23rd 2006 «Dark Room» was also selected for the 13th Intl. Young Filmmakers Festival in Granada, Spain. february 21st 2006 My experimental short film «Dark Room» was selected for the 3rd Nextfestival in Vilnius, Lithuania. http://www.nextfestival.net January 2005 >> Winter Olympic Games Torino 2006 For the upcoming winter games i could design and direct the opening trailer. >> Swisscanto 'Money makes happy' the campaign slogan says. So i directed three smoothly weird TV billboard spots. Production company: AbsolutturnusFilm. (load clip1 load clip 2 load clip 3) December 2005 >> Kino hoch zwei With a super high speed camera we shot a unfolding popcorn for the brand new film label «Kino hoch zwei». Furthermore we created and designed the complete design package. >> Chicago Motion Design Festival 'Klopfer' and 'Dark Room' was selected for the 3rd Chicago Motion Design Festival in Chicago. More info: http://mgchicago.com November 2005 >> Edi05 The Music Clip «Alive» from Swiss Artist Mia Aegerter won Bronze at this year's Edi Award Show. Many thanks to all contributors! September 2005 >> onedotzero_ch At this years event of onedotzero09 adventures in moving images, we could proudly present the premiere of the specifically tailored swiss programm «onedotzero_ch». A new programm is planned for the next year, so watch out for submission call! (zurichfilmfestival.com) August 2005 >> Win A Chalet For «Gleis7», a youth brand of the Swiss Federal Railways i could design and realise a complete computer generated TV Commercial. Agency: Maxomedia. July 2005 >> Atupri RFor the Swiss Health Insurance «Atupri» i directed 2 TV Commercials in Prague, Czec Republik. Agency: Fruitcake, Berne, Production company: EMC, Zurich, Editing: Adeline Thomas. June 2005 >> SF DRS Imagefilm Directing job for 6 short clips for the SwissTV Network imagetrailer. Production company: AbsolutturnusFilm. Editing: TPC, Pat Sieber.