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Audience Award Competition Short Film 2020
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Out of Bounds
Franz Impler
A video game takes some entertaining and philosophical wrong turns: the tennis player slides from the centre court into a parallel world. A search for identity outside the rules of the game begins.
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Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds
Franz Impler
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2020
Animated Film
Germany
2020
15 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

A video game takes some entertaining and philosophical wrong turns: the tennis player figure slides from the centre court into a parallel world and is robbed of his racket. The quirky “Pong” setting gradually evolves into the course of a desperate search for identity outside the rules of the game. The pathetic polygonal Roger Federer stumbles over glitches. Rowdy supporting characters offer first harassment, then help. The design, this undead relic from the past of games, is a subversive fellow player.

André Eckardt

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Director
Franz Impler
Producer
Franz Impler