Asymptomatic

A group of friends are going to catch up with each other on a video conference website. One of them gets sick.

  • Olivier Bonenfant
    Director
    Air rage (2018), Wild as (2019)
  • Olivier Bonenfant
    Writer
  • Iphigenie Frey
    Key Cast
    "Nadine"
  • Sarah Hamilton
    Key Cast
    "Emily"
  • Chad Lockwood
    Key Cast
    "Dave"
  • Bernard Peasley
    Key Cast
    "Dad Claude"
  • Olivier Bonenfant
    Key Cast
    "Sam"
  • Tom Vogel
    Key Cast
    "Will"
  • Andrew Cullimore
    Key Cast
    "Anonymous"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Asymptomatique
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Quarantine, Absurd
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 23, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    300 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Olivier Bonenfant

Too many short films of various quality and scope have been created by this guy. Also a VFX artist (Ubisoft), TV director (TQS), Motion Graphics artist (Val Morgan Australia) at some point in time.

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Director Statement

It is a quarantine film created out of recycled visuals but voiced by actors at home during quarantine. Spoilers: I think the mouth fountain inspired me first to end a film with a food poisoning joke. I then shot shaky close-ups of statues as if they were characters around a table and then hoped I would eventually find a funny Christmas dinner story gone terribly wrong or a All-You-Can-Eat buffet story ending with everyone being sick. It was in 2013 and Russia was pretty much the beginning of a 1 year backpacking trip so I was still capturing random shots in hopes of creating quick shorts on the way. Nothing came of it... until last month when I remembered that footage and was enthusiastic enough with the new quarantine story. The thing is I don't have the motivation to shoot new elaborate shorts in the house (doesn't thrill me) but I'm super happy with recycling and making something out of the weirder unused footage sitting there. It's not great to improve a portfolio, let's say, but it was fun. Quarantine pastime.