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The Record

An antique musical instrument dealer obsessively plays a magical vinyl record that “reads your mind and plays your lost memories.” Even the forgotten ones.

  • Jonathan Laskar
    Director
  • Jonathan Laskar
    Writer
  • Sophie Laskar-Haller
    Producer
  • Robert Bogdan Hatisi
    Key Cast
    "the traveller"
  • Emmanuel Laskar
    Key Cast
    "the antique dealer"
  • Samuel Müller
    Key Cast
    "the controller"
  • Jonathan Laskar
    Original Score
  • Jonathan Laskar
    Animation
  • Sébastien Godard
    Animation
  • Carlos Ibanez Diaz
    Sound-design
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Film Noir, Memories, History, Music
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 38 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 13, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    178,000 CHF
  • Country of Origin:
    Switzerland
  • Country of Filming:
    Switzerland
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:1.90
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Official Short Films Competition Annecy 2022
    Annecy
    France
    June 13, 2022
    World Premiere
    Jean-Luc Xiberras award for a first film 2022
  • Tirana International Film Festival
    Tirana
    Albania
    September 24, 2022
    Albania Premiere
    Best Debut Short Film "Ron Holloway" Award
  • Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
    Baden
    Switzerland
    September 6, 2022
    Switzerland
    New Swiss Talent Award
  • Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival
    Gaeta
    Italy
    September 19, 2022
    Italy Premiere
    Award Best Animated Short
  • Warsaw Animation Film Festival
    Warsaw
    Poland
    October 26, 2022
    Grand Prix Best Animation Film
  • Weird Market & WFest
    Valencia
    Spain
    September 27, 2022
    Spain Premiere
    Jury mention
  • Primanima
    Budapest
    Hungary
    October 5, 2022
    Hungary Premiere
    PrimaSound Jury's special mention
  • RiverRun International Film Festival
    Winston-Salem
    United States
    April 10, 2023
    North Carolina
    Award Best Animated Short
  • Kaohsiung Film Festival
    Kaohsiung
    Taiwan
    October 22, 2022
    Asian Premiere
    International Competition
  • The Animattikon Project
    Limassol
    Cyprus
    October 28, 2022
    Golden Hat Award for Best International Animated Short
  • Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
    Santa Fe
    United States
    October 22, 2022
    Award for Best Animation Short
  • Ottawa International Animation Festival
    Ottawa
    Canada
    September 21, 2022
    Narrative Short Competition
  • Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
    Providence
    United States
    August 8, 2022
    Rhode Island Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Bucheon BIAF
    Bucheon
    Korea, Republic of
    October 22, 2022
    Asian Premiere
    International Competition
  • HollyShorts Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    August 11, 2022
    Official Competition
  • Animatou
    Geneva
    Switzerland
    September 6, 2022
    Swiss Competition Audience special mention + “Bon séjour” Competition Audience Award
  • Tofuzi Festival
    Batumi
    Georgia
    October 29, 2022
    Best Debut Film Award
  • Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2022
    Toronto
    Canada
    June 26, 2022
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Anibar Animation Festival 2022
    Peja
    Kosovo
    July 15, 2022
    Kosovo Premiere
    International Competition
  • San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2022
    San Francisco
    United States
    August 26, 2022
    US Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Flipbook Film Festival 2022
    Skopje
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
    August 11, 2022
    Macedonia
  • Calgary International Film Festival
    Calgary
    Canada
    September 22, 2022
    International Short Film Competition
  • Bolton International Film Festival
    Bolton
    United Kingdom
    October 5, 2022
    United Kingdom Premiere
    International Competition
  • Festival Biennial of Animation Bratislava
    Bratislava
    Slovakia
    March 10, 2022
    Slovakia Premiere
    Official Competition XL
  • Sedicicorto International Film Festival
    Forli
    Italy
    June 10, 2022
    Animalab competition
  • BendFilm Festival
    Bend
    United States
    June 10, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Show Me Shorts Film Festival
    Auckland
    New Zealand
    July 10, 2022
    New Zealand
    Out of Competition
  • Animest Film Festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
    July 10, 2022
    Romania
    International Competition
  • Cambridge Film Festival
    Cambridge
    United Kingdom
    October 20, 2022
    International Competition
  • Aesthetica Film Festival
    York
    United Kingdom
    November 1, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Cinanima International Animation Film Festival
    Espinho
    Portugal
    November 7, 2022
    Portugal Premiere
    International Competition
  • Interfilm Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    November 15, 2022
    German Premiere
    International Competition + KUKI
  • Animateka Animation Film Festival
    Ljubljana
    Slovenia
    November 28, 2022
    Slovenia Premiere
    Main Competition
  • Anchorage International Film Festival
    Anchorage
    United States
    December 2, 2022
    Award Best Animated Short
  • Aguilar Film Festival
    Aguilar
    Spain
    December 2, 2022
    Honourable mention for the Original Soundtrack
  • Arpa International Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    November 1, 2022
    Best Animated Film
  • Boston Jewish Film Festival
    Boston
    United States
    November 2, 2022
    Audience Award for Best Short Film
  • Piccolo Festival Animazione
    Pordenone
    Italy
    October 26, 2022
    Winner Main category
  • Fargo Film Festival
    Fargo
    United States
    March 21, 2023
    Honorable mention
  • Tampere Film Festival
    Tampere
    Finland
    March 8, 2023
    Finland
  • New York International Children's Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    March 3, 2023
  • DC Independent Film Festival / DCIFF
    Washington DC
    United States
    March 1, 2023
  • Bogota Short Film Festival
    Bogota
    Colombia
    December 6, 2022
    Colombia
  • Escenario International Film Festival
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    September 22, 2022
    Argentina
    Award Best Animated Short
  • International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
    Limassol
    Cyprus
    October 8, 2023
  • Chicago International Film Festival
    Chicago
    United States
    October 12, 2022
    Chicago
  • REX Animation Film Festival
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    October 26, 2022
    Sweden
  • Overmountain Animation Festival
    Johnson City
    United States
    August 11, 2022
    Best of Professional Award
  • 6th Chaniartoon 2022
    Chania
    Greece
    September 5, 2022
    Greece
    Award Best Music
  • Tindirindis Festival
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    November 24, 2022
    Special Mention
  • Soundtrack Cologne 2023
    Cologne
    Germany
    June 22, 2023
    Peer Raben Music Award Nomination
Distribution Information
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Jonathan Laskar

Born in 1978, Jonathan Laskar studied visual arts at the University of Aix-Marseille and classical double bass at the Conservatory of Aix-en-Provence. In 2000, he moved to Germany, in the city of Weimar, to study architecture at the Bauhaus-Universität.

After a few years of professional experience as an architect in Basel, Jonathan Laskar studied animation at the Lucerne University of Art and Design (Switzerland), where he obtained a master’s degree with his graduation film De terre et d’encre produced by Claude Barras.

Since 2013, he lives in Geneva and works as an independent animation filmmaker. After having collaborated on several films in various studios, he directed with «The Record» his debut film.

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Director Statement

«The Record» is more than a vinyl record, it is recording in its global sense: our desire to preserve everything, our need to archive everything.

Through the parable of an antique dealer who remembers, thanks to music, a repressed trauma, I would like to ask the question of the relationship between the duty to remember and the quest for a cultural identity.