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TROU NOIR
by Tristan Aymon 

29min | Switzerland | 2020

When young skateboarder Vincent meets a vulnerable animal at the bottom of a hole, the encounter will get him to confront his own fears of the unknown.
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English Title Black Hole
Year of production 2020
Length 29min
Country Switzerland
Shooting Format 2K  
Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
Dialogue French
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Director Tristan Aymon
Producer Isabelle Zampiero
Production Terrain Vague
Co-Production RTS, Radio Télévision Suisse,
Patrick Suhner
Writers Tristan Aymon, Marianne Brun
Cinematographer Joakim Chardonnens  
Editor Lilian Corbeille
Sound Design Samuel Aïchoun
Sound Vincent Nouaille
Sound Editing Raphaël Sohier

Original Music Jacques Henri Sennwald
Cast Martin Barras, Anthony Maurer, Tilo Kübler, David Evora, Martin Pittet, Stefanie Günther Pizarro
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With the support of L’Office fédéral de la culture OFC, Cinéforom, La Loterie Romande,  La Ville de Sion, 
La Ville de Martigny,  La Commune de Fully,  La Fondation Léonard Gianadda Mécénat.


Festival selections
Locarno Film Festival 2020 - World Premiere
Pardino d’argento Swiss Life for a Swiss Short Film, Youth Jury Best Swiss Short
Solothurner Filmtage - Journées de Soleure - Giornate di Soletta 2021, Switzerland
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival 2021, Bulgaria - Best Fiction Film
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Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival  2021, Greece
Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival 2021, Germany
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Festival Internacional de Cine de València – Cinema Jove 2021, Spain
MovieZone Short Film Festival 2021, China
Melbourne International Film Festival 2021, Australia
La Guarimba Film Festival 2021, Italy
Leiden Shorts 2021, Netherlands
Karlovci Film Festival 2021, Serbia
Nordic International Film Festival 2021, USA - Best Narrative Short
Prishtina International Film Festival 2021, Kosovo
DC Shorts International Film Festival 2021, USA
Paris Surf & Skateboard Film Festival 2021, France - Best Short Film Award
​Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival 2021, Hungary
Reykjavik International Film Festival 2021, Iceland
SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival 2021, Germany
Tehran International Short Film Festival 2021, Iran
Carthage Film Festival 2021, Tunisia
Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne 2021, France
SoundTrack_Cologne 2021, Germany
Lublin Film Festival 2021, Poland
Du grain à démoudre Film Festival 2021, France
Festival Cinéma Jeune Public à Lausanne 2021, Switzerland
International Usak Short Film Festival 2021, Turkey - Best Director Award, Best Supporting Act Award
HiShorts! Film Festival 2021, China
Vicoli Corti 2021, Italy
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Sanfici - Santander Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente 2022, Colombia
Tampere Film Festival 2022, Finland
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Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival 2022, Germany
Cinema Talks 2022, Austria - Best Short Film Award, Inspiration Program​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Director's Statement
For me, making films today is trying to rediscover the intoxicating sensations of my adolescence; passionately pursuing a project like a skateboard trick, finding the singularity of my style, the right point of view in the direction, searching for my limits, sharing.
Continuing to believe that everything is possible.
When I was young, skateboarding was a big part of my identity. In the 2000s (YouTube was born years later), we exchanged VHS magazine videos of the latest tricks of American skateboarders. We were trying to adapt this free urban dance to our unsuitable rural environment,
which forced us to be very creative. Our prowess, which I was filming at the time with my little Sony and mounted on an analog editing bench that I was lent, was my first rapport with cinema.
In Black Hole, I wanted to show the intensity of the friendships within a group of young skateboarders, rocked by their dreams and ideals, without social barriers, invincible, convinced that they would remain
together forever. But the full time of adolescence, as if suspended, is already cracking.
How can I make my character, Vincent, feel the feeling of vertigo that he is experiencing, following his parents’ announcement of his forthcoming departure abroad? How can I show what he feels through images? How to make his changing relationship with time visible?
I wanted to show the vulnerability of a man in the making, facing the unknown and his fear of uprooting.
In this black hole, Vincent navigates on sight, without landmarks. Time lengthens and distorts itself−the matches of Bengal light up and go out at the rhythm of a countdown before the departure. The encounter with this vulnerable, lost, lonely creature brings him back to himself and his condition.
My characters separate on a road, as if to better trace the end of a path they were tracing together. This is a scene that I wanted to be festive: a dance, a chaos of explosions, a mixture of joy and sadness, insults, shouting, laughter …. Before the hands are untied, the convoy of friends continues on its way, and lets Vincent plunge into
the night, under the stars−to each his destiny.
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