MUM

DIRECTED BY JULIA PATEY

Thriller

Germany

18′

2024
SYNOPSYS
AN AUDIOVISUAL ARTIST’S DOUBTS ABOUT HER FAILING MARRIAGE TRIGGER A MYSTERIOUS SOUND THAT BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
WRITTEN DIRECTED AND EDITED BY JULIA PATEY PRODUCED BY JULIA PATEY AND SCUMECK SABOTTKA CINEMATOGRAPHER KONSTANTIN MINNICH WITH ALEZANDRA SAGURNA AND TOBIAS LICHT PRODUCTION DESIGNER SANDRA THOMSEN SOUND TILL ALDINGER MUSIC YUKA OTSUKI

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

21. Canadian Film Festival
WORLD PREMIERE
2024 - CANADIAN FILM AWARD ® QUALIFYING
47. Norwegian Short Film Festival
EUROPEAN PREMIERE
2024 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING 2024

JULIA PATEY
BIO

 

JULIA STARTED HER FILMMAKING CAREER IN CANADA AT THE AGE OF 6, MAKING FAKE COMMERCIALS WITH HER SIBLINGS ON THEIR FAMILY CAMCORDER. SHE THEN RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, WHERE SHE STUDIED PHILOSOPHY AND FILM PRODUCTION, EXPERIMENTING WITH VISUAL STORYTELLING AND PHOTOGRAPHY. IN 2013, SHE LEFT HER HOMELAND BEHIND AND SET OFF FOR BERLIN IN PURSUIT OF NEW INSPIRATION. JULIA’S WORK AIMS TO CREATE A SENSUAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE VIEWER USING IMMERSIVE CINEMATOGRAPHY AND ASMR-LIKE SOUND DESIGN. HER AIM IS TO GET UNDER THE VIEWER’S SKIN, TO SHOW THE FAMILIAR IN A WHOLE NEW WAY, AUGMENTING REALITY BY FOCUSING ON THE DETAILS. FOR HER, STORYTELLING IS THE DANCE BETWEEN THE WHOLE AND THE PARTS, THE WIDE AND THE MACRO, THE OBJECTIVE AND THE SUBJECTIVE. THE GOING MOTTO : DO NOT GET COMFORTABLE.