My Blue Friend – dir. Myriam Thyes, Fortunat Froelich

(WINNER)

Original Film Title: My Blue Friend

Director’s Name: Myriam Thyes, Fortunat Froelich

Writer’s Name: Myriam Thyes, Fortunat Froelich

Producer: Myriam Thyes, Fortunat Froelich

Country of Origin: Switzerland

Country of Filming: Switzerland

Language: No Dialogue

Runtime: 13 minutes 18 seconds

Film Description:

Mon Ami Bleu (My Blue Friend) – a multimedia contemplation of a painting. The composer Fortunat Frölich and the video artist Myriam Thyes look at the painting ‘Homage to Mandelbrot No. 11 – Skywalk’ by the Grisons painter Otto W. Liesch. They translate their contemplation of the painting into their respective medium – the composer into polyphonic music, the video artist into a spatial animation. The music and the animation also relate to each other. Thus, a multi-layered multimedia experience emerges from viewing the painting.