Whale's Song
A narrative drama short starring Ella Rumpf.
Winner — Best Live Action Short Film — Creative Circle Awards
World Premiere — Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF)
UK premiere — Manchester Film Festival — Official Selection
Semi-Finalist — New York Indie Shorts Awards
Semi-Finalist — Flicker's Rhodes Island International Film Festival
A film by NEELS CASTILLON.
2023, FRANCE. 16min — 4K — 2:35 color
Synopsis — On a seawall separating the ocean from the factories of Dunkerque, Rachel and her daughter are sleeping in their car. Paul, the father, finds them there in the early hours, he wants his daughter back. Rachel must face up to him now if she wants her freedom and to save her daughter.
Location — Digue du Braek, Dunkerque, France.
Ella Rumpf .................................. RACHEL
Swan L'haoua ........................... PAUL
Eléonore Desormeaux ...... LOUISE
Rachel
Paul
Louise
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car and motorbike supplier
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head of short film at RSA
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special thanks
Ella Rumpf
Swan L'haoua
Eléonore Desormeaux
Neels Castillon
Hania Rani
Dobrawa Czocher
Motion Palace
Ridley Scott Associates
Louis Arnoux
Ariane Cornic
Sandrine Laveau
Emilie Mallen
Fanny Sage
Vincent Perrin
Sofia Jaeger
Clément Daugabel
Eric Blanckaert
Félix Suljemanoski
Aymeric Beun
Sebastien Plessis
Solenn Colbatz
Jeremy Leloup
Sidney Billon
Alexandre Le Mouroux
Yves Bagot
Sebastien Rouquet
Dominique Delguste
Rémi Gauthier
Quentin Lévy
Manu Payet
The Mill
Franck Lambertz
Guillaume Ho
Benjamin Malherbe
Stéphanie Mollet
Pablo Desportes
Hervebay's
RVZ
Samuel Renollet
DCA
Creative Sound
M-Studios
SNSM Dunkerque
Jérémy Leblanc
Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque
Nancy Ryan
Harry Morgan
Kai-Lu Hsiung
Debbie Garvey
Holly Wolfers
Laura Lopes
Cédric Négrel
Clara Desogus
Ville de Dunkerque
Ville de Mardyck
Joke
Skuibi
Muriel Debaene
Mireille Bruynoghe
Awir Léon
Spoke
Murielle Darte
Rosen De Gouvello
Emmanuel Pelletier
Laura Meerson
Nestor Factory
Bastien Larue
Fanny Druant
Pascal Laurière
Nicole Vanzinghel
behind the scene with 35mm disposable cameras —
