Les horizons perdus

(The lost horizons)

A short fiction by Arnaud Khayadjanian


With Pierre Lottin, Veronika Varga, Albert Igual and Marcella Stefanelli
Written and directed by Arnaud Khayadjanian
Director of photography Michele Gurrieri
Sound François Bailly

Produced by the G.R.E.C. and the IUT di Corsica, with the support of the Corsican Regional Authority


colour, 15′, France 2012

1:2.35, Sony F35/Zeiss standard lenses
shot in Corsica

In Corsica, a young man, a fisherman like his deceased father, is about to leave for other horizons. Passionate about music, he is torn between his mother who encourages him to give free rein to his passion and his grandparents who want him to stay on the island.

Best male actor award for Pierre Lottin at the Mulhouse Short Film Festival, Best foreign film at the Cine estudiantil de fenacies festival, Uruguay.
Selected at the festivals of Yerevan Golden Apricot, Bogotà Salon Internacional de la Luz, Toronto Pomegranate, Strasbourg Chacun son court, Génève Courts Toujours, London The film lab, Vera Cruz Festival mundial de cine extremo, Flathead Lake International filmfest, Thessaloniki International short film fest, Wels (Austria)International Youth film fest, Cairo Video film fest, International random film fest (Sweden), Manlleu Short film festival (Catalonia).