La Belle est la Bête - 1er épisode The Beauty is the Beast - 1st episode

Austria / Luxembourg / Netherlands 2005 l 3 min l colour l 35 mm l 1:1.66 l Dolby SRD

Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2005, Jan 26 - Feb 6

Script and Direction: Bady Minck
Actress: Anja Salomonowitz
Camera: Martin Putz
Sound and Editing: Sebastian Brameshuber
Digital Post-Production: Peter Saghegyi
Editing Supervision: Thomas Woschitz
Set Design & Line Producer: Karoline Taschner
Directing-Assistant: Maria Poell
Camera-Assistant: Johann Lurf
Hairdresser: Frederik Steiner
Titles: Joachim Techt
Postproduction 2K: Sebastian Brameshuber
Shooting 35 mm: Martin Putz
Shooting Studio: 11er Haus Vienna
Editing Studio: Amour Fou Vienna
Sound Mixing Studio: Tremens Film Vienna
Sound Mixer: Bernhard Maisch
Text: Franz Kafka
Producer: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Amour Fou
Production: Amour Fou Vienna, Minotaurus Film Luxembourg, Kesselskramer Amsterdam

Commissioned by Diesel Foundation, with the support of Innovative Film Austria

International Distribution: Sixpackfilm

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A dream, a woman, a furred tongue: Bady Minck's The Beauty is the Beast operates on the interface between civilization and wilderness, nature and culture, human and animal. A film that raises the issue of the pros and cons of our cultivation. On the threshold between the animal inside and the civilized exterior "the beauty (la belle)" herself becomes "the beast (la bête)".

Theatrical Release
Austria (Opening Film for Bin Jip): 16 September 2005
>> Filmcasino Wien, Künstlerhaus Wien, Moviemento Linz, Das Kino Salzburg, KIZ Kino Graz, Cinema Paradiso St. Pölten
Prolongation Vienna: from 28 October 2005 >> Bellaria Kino

TV Broadcasts

ORF1 >> Die Lange Nacht des kurzen Films
22.3.2007 10.55pm

OktoTV >> anschläge.tv
5.4.2006 9pm
plus 5 reruns

71 Festivals

>> 3 minute director´s cut version (35mm print)

Linoleum Festival of Contemporary Animation & Media-Art Moscow, Russia
Retrospective Bady Minck (11.12. - 13.12.2009)
Animator International Film Festival Poznan, Poland
Retrospective Bady Minck (7.7. - 12.7.2008)
Mediterranean Environmental Award Almeria, Spain (15.1. - 18.1.2008)
Festival du Court Métrage d'Animation de Neufchâteau
Special "Cinéma d'Animation Luxembourgeois" (12.11. - 17.11.2007)
Linoleum Festival of Alternative Animation Moscow (15.8. - 18.8.2007)
Festival Cinéfleuve - Kino im Fluss, Liège (30.6. - 24.7.2007)
      Retrospective Bady Minck, Carpe Diem Liège (15.7.2007)
Festival Cinéfleuve - Kino im Fluss, Charleroi (30.6. - 24.7.2007)
      Retrospective Bady Minck, BSP Charleroi (11.7.2007)
Festival Cinéfleuve - Kino im Fluss, Trier (30.6. - 24.7.2007)
      Retrospective Bady Minck, Broadway Kino Trier (5. - 6.7.2007)
Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy (June 11 -16, 2007)
Festival international des Très Courts (May 4 - 6, 2007)
Festival di Palazzo Venezia International Competition (Sept 8 - 28, 2006)
European Media Art Festival Osnabrück (May 10 - 14, 2006)
Festival international du court métrage d'Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (April 26 - 30, 2006)
VIPER International Festival for Film, Video and New Media International Competition (March 16 - 20, 2006)
Sonar International Short Film Festival Visual Contest (March 5 - April 27, 2006)
Directors Lounge Berlin (Feb 9 - 19, 2006)
Ongoing Festival, Theater im Depot Stuttgart (Feb 5, 2006)
Stuttgarter Filmwinter International Competition (Jan 19 - 22, 2006)
International Short & Independent Film Festival Dhaka, Bangladesh (Dec 22 - 30, 2005)
Dissolvenze Film Festival Gradisca, Italy Special Program "Amour Fou Pour Vous" (Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2005)
Stockholm International Film Festival ifestival Competition (Nov 17 - 27, 2005)
Asolo Art Film Festival (Nov 5 - 12, 2005)
KunstFilmBiennale Köln, Germany Official Competition (Oct 19 - 24, 2005)
Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal (Oct 13 - 23, 2005)
Semaine du Film Luxembourgeois, Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis (Oct 8 - 15, 2005)
Kurzfilmbiennale, Ludwigsburg, Germany, Special Program "Amour Fou Pour Vous" (Sept 12 - 18, 2005)
Festivaletteratura Mantova, Italy (Sept 7 - 11, 2005)
Dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Kosovo, Official Competition (Aug 31 - Sept 4, 2005)
Io, Isabella International Film Week, Valsinni, Italy (Aug 25 - 31, 2005)
Cadore Doc Festival, Pieve di Cadore, Italy, Retrospective Bady Minck (Aug 1 - 7, 2005)
Cinéfleuve Festival, Sarreguemines-Saarbrücken-Merzig-Trier-Grevenmacher-Luxembourg-Metz, Opening Night (June 30 - July 9, 2005)
Festival de Cine de Huesca (June 9 - 18, 2005)
International Festival of New Film Split, Croatia (June 3 - 10, 2005)
Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 26 - Feb 6, 2005)

>> digital short-version entitled "My mouth fills with hair"

Buenos Aires Campo Konex - Festival Interdisciplinario di Cinematografica, Retrospective Bady Minck (Feb 18 - 20, 2005)

Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht, Retrospective Bady Minck (Nov 3 - 11, 2004)

Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin, Special Program "Escape into my dreams" (Nov 2 - 7, 2004)

Istanbul RESFEST Digital Film Festival (10 - 12 December 04)
Yeni Melek Performing Arts Center

Sydney RESFEST (9 - 12 December 04)
The Studio at Sydney Opera House & Dendy Opera Quays

Victoria RESFEST (9 -12 December 04)
Artium

Vigo RESFEST (9 -12 December 04)
Marco

Valladolid RESFEST (9 -12 December 04)
Museo Gabarron

Pamplona RESFEST (9 -12 December 04)
Civican

Madrid RESFEST (9 -12 December 04)
Casa Encendida

Barcelona RESFEST (9 -12 December 04)
Mercat de les Flors

Melbourne RESFEST (3 -7 December 04)
Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Fukuoka RESFEST (3 -5 December 04)
IMS Hall

Chicago RESFEST (3 -5 December 04)
Museum of Contemporary Art

Johannesburg RESFEST ( 30 November - 4 December 04)
Market Theatre

Osaka RESFEST (26 - 28 November 04)
Namba Hatch

Cape Town RESFEST (25 - 27 November 04)
Cape Town Harbour

Zurich RESFEST (25 - 27 November)
Kino RiffRaff

Tokyo RESFEST (20 - 23 November 04)
Laforet Museum Harajuku

Seoul RESFEST (17 - 21 November 04)
Yonsei Centennial Hall

Nottingham RESFEST (12 - 13 November 04)
Broadway Media Centre

Sao Paulo RESFEST (11 - 14 November 04)
SESC Vila Mariana

Dublin RESFEST (5 - 7 November 04)
Irish Film Institute

Washington, D.C. RESFEST (5 - 6 November 04)
Grosvenor Auditorium

Singapore RESFEST (5 - 7 November 04)
Asian Civilisations Museum

Bristol RESFEST (28 - 31 October 04)
Watershed Cinema

Toronto RESFEST (22 - 24 October 04)
Royal Cinema

Portland RESFEST (22 - 24 October 04)
Northwest Film Center

Glasgow RESFEST (22 - 23 October 04)
Centre for Performing Arts

Los Angeles RESFEST (13 - 17 October 04)
Egyptian Theatre

Austin RESFEST (8 - 10 October 04)
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Sheffield RESFEST (8 - 9 October 04)
Showroom

London RESFEST (30 September - 3 October 04)
National Film Theatre

San Francisco RESFEST (30 September - 3 October 04)
Palace of Fine Arts

Boston RESFEST (17 - 19 September 04)
Brattle Theatre

New York City RESFEST (9 - 12 September 04)
Tribeca Performing Arts Center