E C H O – Short Film (EN) (Official Trailer)

ECHO (Shot during COVID-19 Lockdown 2020)
A tiny virus with an enormous impact on us all, Covid -19 forces us to pause for a moment. At the same time this standstill opens up new possibilities, giving us room to look at our lives from another perspective and to question the things we take for granted.
It is here that the short film ECHO, by director Noël Dernesch begins. In the middle of the Covid-19 lockdown Noël visits two mountaineers and holds a philosophical dialogue with them about their new day to day life and their personal views of the crisis in picturesque Grindelwald.
The two protagonists - close to nature, down to earth and thoroughly honest - talk about disruption, fear, hope, courage and goals. The courage to tackle things differently, to change perspectives, to throw off what is longstanding and to look into the future with new innovation.
These intimate and very personal moments, together with the cineastic pictures and the majestic mountain scenery create a wonderful contemporary testimony. And although their lives in this idyllic mountain landscape may seem far away from ours, their views on the current crisis are fundamentally human, far-sighted and surprisingly universal.
with
Hans Schild
Andreas Abegglen
Based on an idea & directed by Noël Dernesch
Production – Shining Pictures
Director of Photography – Daryl Hefti
Produced by – Sophie Toth
Editor – Wolfgang Weigl
Line producer– Yanik Müller
1AC – Marius Mahler
Drone pilot – Ricardo Perret / birdviewpicture
Drone camera operator - Niels Epting / birdviewpicture
Sound – Dieter Meyer
Runner – Gabriel Koller
Senior Colorist - Samuel Muff – SLGH, Zürich
Digital online – Pascal Holzer
Title design – Sven Züge / Ollie Peters - Filmgraphik
SFX, Edit&Mix – JingleJungle
Music – Massive Music Amsterdam
With special thanks to
Hans Schild
Andreas Abegglen – eigerguide.ch
Rolf Bähler – Gemeinde Grindelwald
Christoph Ott –Tiefbauamt des Kanton Bern
Bruno Amacher – Leiter Werkhof Grindelwald
Christian Wegehenkel / Slaughterhouse GmbH Visual Manufacturing
Susanne und Sepp von Arx / Leuchtturm Filmbeleuchtung AG
Oliver Eberle / Eberle Filmequipment
© Shining Pictures / Noël Dernesch