Private Project

Blue Blue Sky

It’s the summer holidays and 11-year old Maria has stopped talking. Instead of going to football practice she secretly spends time in her grandmother’s empty apartment, thinking about life and death.

The quirky short film has won the German Cameraprize and has been screened and awarded at over 50 international festivals.

  • Bigna Tomschin
    Director
  • Bigna Tomschin
    Writer
  • Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
    Producer
  • Anouk Petri
    Key Cast
  • Aurelio Buchwalder
    Cinematography
  • Mario Fuchs
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Blue Blue Sky
  • Genres:
    Drama, Coming-Of-Age, Student
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 13 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    Switzerland
  • Country of Filming:
    Switzerland
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    HD, Alexa
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • German Cameraprize
    Köln
    June 21, 2014
    Cameraprize for Editing
  • Cluj Short Film Festival

    Romania
    April 1, 2016
    Audience Award
  • North Carolina Film Awards

    United States
    March 16, 2016
    President's Award
  • Lyon International Film Festival

    France
    February 9, 2016
    Best Ficiton Short
  • Upcoming Filmmakers

    Switzerland
    September 8, 2015
    Best Shortfilm
  • FILMZ Festival of German Cinema Mainz

    November 25, 2014
    Best Shortfilm
  • 20min|max Shortfilm Festival

    May 8, 2014
    Best Shortfilm
  • Oftalmica Muestra Internacional del Cine Independiente

    Mexico
    November 10, 2015
    Official Selection
  • Reykjavik International Film Festival

    Iceland
    September 16, 2015
    Official Selection
  • Psarokokalo Film Festival

    Greece
    August 18, 2015
    Official Selection
  • Southside Filmfestival

    June 19, 2015
    Official Selection
  • Filmfest Dresden

    Germany
    April 16, 2015
    Official Selection
  • YOUKI, International Youth Film Festival

    Austria
    November 19, 2014
  • Molodist International Film Festival

    Ukraine
    October 8, 2014
    Official Selection
  • Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival

    United Kingdom
    September 19, 2014
    Official Selection
  • Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival

    August 14, 2014
    Official Selection
  • Bundes Festival Film
    Mainz
    Germany
    June 14, 2016
  • Ivy Film Festival
    Brown University
    United States
    April 14, 2016
  • Monstronale Film Festival
    Halle
    Germany
    April 12, 2016
  • Sarajevo Winter Film Festival
    Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    February 24, 2016
  • Up-and-coming International Film Festival
    Hannover
    Germany
    November 8, 2016
  • Unlimited Kurzfilmfestival
    Köln
    Germany
    February 22, 2016
  • inodiseea Childrens Film Festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
    November 17, 2015
  • Izmir Short Film Festival
    Izmir
    Turkey
    November 16, 2015
  • Das Filmfest, Festival of German Films
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    October 12, 2015
  • Ficsam, International Mental Health Film Festival
    Faro
    Portugal
    October 20, 2015
  • Independent Pixels Film Festival
    Aarhus
    Denmark
    October 27, 2015
  • Northern Wave Film Festival
    Grundarfjörður
    Iceland
    September 14, 2015
  • Buster Filmfestival
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    September 27, 2015
  • Gässli Film Festival
    Basel
    Switzerland
    September 14, 2015
    Best Short Film
  • Albuquerque Film & Music Experience
    Albuquerque
    United States
    August 18, 2015
  • Berkshire International Film Festival
    Berkshire
    United Kingdom
    May 19, 2015
  • Tel Aviv Student Film Festival
    Tel Aviv
    Israel
    May 18, 2015
  • Sehsüchte Film Festival
    Potsdam
    Germany
    May 5, 2015
  • Independent Days Karlsruhe
    Karlsruhe
    Germany
    April 15, 2015
Director Biography - Bigna Tomschin

Bigna Tomschin is an editor and director from Zurich, Switzerland. She studied film at the Zurich University of the Arts. She has worked as editor on feature films and documentaries for Cinema and TV (ARTE, SRF). Never having stopped making movies herself, she founded her own production company Lo-Fi Films in 2014. Her shortfilm BLUE BLUE SKY won the German Cameraprize and was awarded at many international film festivals.

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Director Statement

The film shows a world that shouldn’t exist: the world of the dead. The perspective of a child offers an equally melancholic and playful approach to the issue of impermanence. It’s a intimate portrait of a girl who figures out life at her own pace.