ALMATY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
The Noise of the Light
Overview
Pablo and Marius make a disturbing discovery about their childhood friend Lou: she appears to be able to synthesise into sound the light she is exposed to. But as she soon becomes an instrument of their musical experiences, her gift turns into a sort of curse…
Director Biography — Valentin Petit
Valentin Petit is a young French director based in Paris. He wrote several video clips for street music artists and directed a lot of commercials for famous brands such as Puma, Unicef, Adidas or Canal +. His passion for travel naturally led him to fiction, through which he was able to express a more neo-melancholic creation. He is currently developing many personal projects, among which short films that won multiple awards in French and international film festivals, like his latest experimental film: « A Portrait of Rafel Delalande ».
Director Statement
Following my previous works (Anthophobia and A Portrait of Rafel Delalande), I wanted Le Bruit de la Lumière as a crossroad between a visual experience and a film fantastic. Through this combination, I wanted to tell a story about the synaesthesia phenomenon. I discovered this feeling which some people experience in the autobiographic novel from Daniel Tammet, Born On A Blue Day.
In order to create Lou, the main character, with Guillaume (co-writer), we went a little bit further by giving her a supernatural ability to generate sound when she is touch by the light. This choice show our fascination and our inability to understand something which is so intimate and personal.
The Fantastic treatment of the story is also a way to exacerbate the connections between our main characters. Marius and Pablo are facing an opportunity which is difficult to avoid, despite their friendship with Lou. How would we react in front of such a phenomenon? Moreover, how are we actually reacting to a person who describes her synaesthesia?
Credits
- Director
- Valentin Petit
- Writer
- Valentin Petit
- Writer
- Guillaume Audi
- Producer
- Germain Robin
- Key Cast
- Alice David
- Key Cast
- Jonathan Illel
- Key Cast
- Patrick Biyik
- Director of Photography
- Fabio Caldironi
- Music composer
- MiM
- Sound mix & music
- Emilien Bernaux
- Animation
- Nathan Almeras
- VFX & Composing
- Valentin Tuil
Specifications
- Original title
- Le Bruit de la Lumière
- Project type
- Experimental, Short
- Genres
- FANTASTIC
- Runtime
- 23 minutes 20 seconds
- Completion date
- January 14, 2018
- Production budget
- 40,000 EUR
- Country of origin
- France
- Countries of filming
- France
- Language
- French
- Shooting format
- DIGITAL
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Film color
- Color
- First-time filmmaker
- No
- Student project
- No
- Digital Cinema Package
- Unavailable
Awards & Festivals
High Peak Independent Film Festival
Manchester
United Kingdom
June 14, 2018
Outstanding Short Film, Outstanding Score
5° Firenze FilmCorti International Festival
Firenze
Italy
June 17, 2018
Best Score
VOTD.tv
Video Of The Day
Short Of The Week
New York
Short Of The Week
South Film and Arts Academy Festival
Rancagua
Chile
Short Film Of The Month, Best Fantastic Short Film, Best Director, Screenplay Honorable Mention, Best Lead Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Editing Honorable Mention & Best Fx
Cadaqués Shortfilm Festival
Cadaquès
Spain
Surrealist Section
Near Nazareth Festival
Nazareth
Israel
Official Selection
Kew Gardens Festival Of Cinema
Queens, NY
United States
August 7, 2018
Official Selection
SHORT to the Point
Bucharest
Romania
Official Selection
Independent Shorts Awards
Los Angeles
United States
Official Selection
Action on Film 14th Annual Film Festival and Writers' Celebration 2018
Las Vegas
United States
Official Selection
Hollywood Dreamz 2nd Annual International Film Festival and Writers' Celebration
Las Vegas
United States
Official Selection
Diamond in the Rough Film Festival
Milpitas, CA
United States
August 17, 2018
Official Selection