VORTEX
A desperate killer leaves the city behind and meets, on his way, a mysterious witch who’s connected to nature. Thus begins a strange organic relationship, between life and death.
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Christophe KarabacheDirector
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Christophe KarabacheWriter
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May KassemWriter
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Cécilia WerkmaïsterProducer
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Elias SfeirProducer
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Julien RomanoKey Cast"The man (Joe)"
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Claudia FortunatoKey Cast"The woman (The witch)"
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Joelle HélaryKey Cast
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Romuald BourdonKey Cast
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Aurélian PechméjaDirector of Photography
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Céline ZwickAssistant-Camera
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Yannick WallonSound/Boom
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Christophe KarabacheEditing/Sound Design
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Mélanie SanguinettiProduction Manager
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Michel DuprezOriginal Soundtrack
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Vincent HoncaOriginal Soundtrack
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Project Type:Feature
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Genres:Drama, Thriller, Fantastic
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Runtime:1 hour 23 minutes 10 seconds
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Completion Date:October 1, 2019
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Country of Origin:France
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Country of Filming:France
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Language:French
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Shooting Format:UHD 4K
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film FestivalBuffalo
United States
August 29, 2019
Best "WTF" Film -
Dracula Film FestivalBrasov
Romania
October 17, 2019 -
BangkokThai International Film FestivalBangkok
Thailand
Best Director -
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de TrujilloTrujillo
Peru -
annual ARFF Amsterdam//Around International Film FestivalAmsterdam
January 10, 2021
Best Director -
The Monkey Bread Tree Film AwardsLondon
United Kingdom
Best Feature Film -
Cuzco Underground Cinema FestivalCuzco
Peru -
Five Continents International Film Festival
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Best Thriller, Best Sound Design -
Festival Montevideo FantasticoMontevideo
Uruguay
December 11, 2019
Best Screenplay/BestActor/Best Actress -
Alternative Film FestivalToronto
Canada
Best Actor -
FICMARC Festival Internacional de Cine del Mar CaribeIsla de Margarita
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of -
FESTMEDALLO Festival Internacional de Cine de MedellínMedellín
Colombia -
Maverick Movie AwardsLos Angeles
United States
Best Sound Design -
Eurasia FestMoscow
Russian Federation
Finalist -
New York Cinematography AwardsNew York
United States
Best Experimental Film -
Motor City Nightmares International Film FestivalDetroit
United States -
Madrid Indie Film FestivalMadrid
Spain -
The Shawna Shea Film FestivalMassachusetts
United States
September 21, 2021
Best International Horror Feature -
Bastalavista International Genre Film FestivalHannover
Germany
December 8, 2021 -
cinema Studio GalandeParis
France
October 28, 2020
Premiere - Theatrical releasing (Visiosfeir Distribution) -
Hacker Porn Film FestivalRoma
Italy
May 14, 2022
special mention Feature Film -
PFFV - Porn Film Festival ViennaVienna
Austria
April 12, 2023 -
Peephole FilmFestGuadalajara
Mexico
November 5, 2023
Best Experimental Feature -
La Monstrasse - festival de cinéma & videoFlorac
France
June 24, 2023
Distribution Information
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Visiosfeir DistributionCountry: FranceRights: All Rights
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Shami Media Group (SMG)DistributorCountry: United StatesRights: All Rights
French-Lebanese filmmaker. Born in Beirut in 1979, he completed his Cinema Studies at Université Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle (France) and through a joint program at The University of Iowa (USA).
He began his exploration of film at l’Etna, an alternative workshop in Paris. He initially made experimental films.
His current filmmaking practice shifts between documentary and fiction.
His films have been showcased at several international film festivals and theatrically released in France by Visiosfeir Distribution. A documentary about his work is edited on DVD by RE:VOIR (Paris) .
In 2017, he signed a global distribution deal with SMG (New York). He worked with Dragway Productions in 2018.
« Vortex » swirls drama and fantasy while reality remains tangible.
The two characters in the film (the man and the woman) are opposites. They meet nonetheless. Both have a certain degree of power over life : one takes it, the others gives it back. Their coexistence remains difficult, impossible even.
Through the filming of their daily lives, portraits are drawn of each.
Noise, silence, fury and dissonance resonnate together as strangeness morfs into absurdity.
Chaos, matter, cruelty, solitude, emptiness, instinct, and impulses (of life and death, of passion and destruction) where Eros and Thanatos are intertwined.
A jump into the void, into fear and memories.