Nuts & Bolts (film)

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Hochbetrieb
Directed by Andreas Krein
Produced byOliver Fink
Cinematography Felix Cramer
Edited by Anja Rosin
Music by Stefan Ziethen
Distributed by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryGermany

Hochbetrieb (Nuts & Bolts in English) is a silent slapstick short film, directed by Andreas Krein. It received a Menzione Speciale (Special Mention) at the Venice Film Festival - "For having paid a tribute to Harold Lloyd, who shall not be forgotten, by means of modern technology." [1] Set on top of a high-rise construction site in the 1930s, the movie depicts the antics of a foreman and his apprentice while hunting for a frog and stolen food. [2]

The film was shot entirely in front of bluescreen in 2001. Principal photography was followed by two years of post production to create a CG construction site and city environment, the latter generated procedurally in part. [3] After its release, Hochbetrieb screened at the TriBeCa Film Festival [ citation needed ] and the Berlinale Kinderfilmfest. [2] It won the German Federal Film Board's short film award, Short Tiger, [4] and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Shortfilm Award.[ citation needed ]

2004 it received theatrical release as part of a feature-length short film compilation, [5] and it was part of a special screening with a focus on silent cinema [6] at the Museum of Modern Art in 2008.

References

  1. ↑ "Miramax Gets Venice Winner "Zatoichi," Other Honorees Unveiled in Italy". IndieWire. 2003-09-08. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  2. 1 2 "Hochbetrieb" (PDF). berlinale.de. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  3. ↑ Flückiger, Barbara (2009). "Städtebilder aus dem Computer" (PDF). University of Zurich (in German): 111. doi:10.5167/uzh-27415 – via Zurich Open Repository and Archiv.
  4. ↑ Blaney, Martin (2003-07-03). "Hochbetrieb wins FFA Short Tiger award". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  5. ↑ "Kurz - Der Film". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  6. ↑ "Silent Cinema" (PDF). German Films Quarterly. 2008. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2024-11-06.


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