Spellbound

In Emily Brontë's world, a young woman is under a spell of blind forces of compulsion acting to draw her towards an unnamed darkness from which she cannot escape.

  • Patrick Müller
    Director
  • Emily Brontë
    Writer
  • Patrick Müller
    Producer
  • Sarah Kempton
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
  • WellenVorm
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 22, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 19. Filmfestival Münster
    Münster
    Germany
    September 21, 2021
    German Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 14th Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
    Philadelphia
    United States
    May 10, 2021
    US premiere
    Best Horror Short
  • 19th Festival International Signes de Nuit
    Paris
    France
    October 10, 2021
    French Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Newark International Film Festival
    Newark
    United States
    September 8, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Nature & Culture – Poetry Film Festival
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    November 21, 2021
    Danish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 39th Tous Courts International Film Festival
    Aix-en-Provence
    France
    December 4, 2021
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Patrick Müller

Patrick Müller, born in 1981 in Frankenberg, GDR, has made more than 40 short films, primarily with 8 and 16mm film, seeking to explore poetry within moving images. His experimental works have screened at numerous film festivals around the world and won several awards.

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Director Statement

Shot on 16mm film during the pandemic lockdown in an unusual dark and freezing cold winter of 2021, I used an old Bolex camera from 1963 for this poetry film. Chemnitz-based musician Wellenvorm created an unique original music for it using only one instrument: an EMS Synthi A „Portabella“.