Shortlist Sea Eye - Like a Fish Commercial Work: Craft: Idea

CLIENT/BRANDSEA-EYE E. V.

PRODUCTION COMPANYSIMON & PAUL

DIRECTOR(S)OLIVER BERNOTAT

PRODUCER(S)SIMON FESSLER, TOBIAS PAUL, TOBIAS STIEGLER

DOPJAN DAVID GUNTHER

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JAN DAVID GUNTHER

EDITOR NIK KOHLER (CABIN EDIT)

SCRIPT OLIVER BERNOTAT & IBRAHEM GHAREIB

VISUAL EFFECTS REPLAYBOYS

COLOUR GRADING JOSEPH BICKNELL (COMPANY 3)

MUSIC COMPOSER THOMAS MUIS

INSTAGRAM TAG @SIMONUNDPAUL

SOUND DESIGN 2WEI MUSIC

SHORT SYNOPSIS LIKE A FISH IS A SHORT FILM THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE DANGERS THAT REFUGEE CHILDREN FACE WHEN CROSSING THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE FILM BEGINS WITH AN IDYLLIC BEACH SETTING IN WHICH A FATHER TEACHES HIS SON TO SWIM ‘LIKE A FISH’. BUT THE FATHER'S ENCOURAGEMENT TURNS INTO A HARROWING SURVIVAL STRATEGY WHEN THE BOY SUDDENLY FINDS HIMSELF ADRIFT ALONE IN THE OPEN SEA - DESPERATELY STRUGGLING TO REACH SAFETY WITH NOTHING BUT A LIFEJACKET. THE INITIALLY PLAYFUL LESSON BECOMES A MOVING TESTIMONY TO THE FRAGILITY AND HOPE OF THESE CHILDREN.