“Genesis” - short Movie Version 9min33
Year of Production: 2018
Genres: Animation, Environmental, Fiction
Countries: France, Israel
Language: Music only
Duration: 9min33
Format: 4K
Synopsis: Genesis short film draws inspiration from the biblical narrative of the creation of the world, as recounted in the Book of Genesis. Through pictorial, sculptural, theatrical and cinematographic means, the main and only character symbolically “recreates” day by day the act of creation. The empty space is populated through the painting of flora and fauna followed by man’s use of it, which ends in destruction.
Written, Directed and Produced by Michel Platnic
Music by: Frank Ilfman
Sound Design: Elad Shnidermann and Ronen Nagel
Cinematographer: Tom Kouris
Costume: Frances Stafford
Assistant Director: Nava Harel, Julie Fox
Art Assistant: Avigail Aharonson, Ayala Shai, Avia Haberman
Set Assistant: Yuval Gallili, Eviatar Toker, Gadi Lowenberg
Editing, Post-production: Michel Platnic
Gaffer: Omri Barzilai
Genesis was first screened at the Short Film Corner, Cannes Festival, Cannes in 2018 and then screened in more than 20 Film Festivals around the world, institutions and Art galleries.
Genesis was the Winner of the Digital Art Prize Arcade@Cyberport, Hong Kong, the Audience Winner of the 60seconds Short Film Festival, Copenhagen and the Finalist of the International Time Lapse and Stop Motion Festival, Molina de Aragón, Spain.
Trailer of the Movie “Genesis” - 2018
Still Frame from the short movie "Genesis"
Story-board, 2016, ink and watercolor on paper, 29.9x42cm