THE ECHO

ECHO

Two teenagers brutally kill their friend. Helped by a police psychologist they are reconstructing the chronological order of events. Gradually, they begin to realize the noxiousness of the murder and its consequences. However, they will not discover the scale of the crime until they meet the victim’s parents.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 14
  • Year: 2009

Director: Magnus von Horn

Script: Magnus von Horn

DOP: Malgorzata Szylak

Editing: Bogusława Furga

Production company: PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)

About the director:

Magnus von Horn

Magnus von Horn

Born in 1983 in Göteborg (Sweden). He studied Film Theory at Göteborg University (2002-2003) and then worked as an assistant camera operator on several Swedish film productions (2003-2004). Since 2004 he has been studying Film Directing at the Film School in Łódź. He has made a number of short documentary and fiction films, which include Radek (2006), Milk Teeth (2007), Odlot (2008) and Echo (2009).

At festivals:

16th Camerimage Film Festival, Poland, 2008 (competition)

Festival de Cannes, Short Film Corner, France, 2009 (screening)

FEST - International Film Festival, Portugal, 2009 (competition)

Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, 2009 (competition)

24th Odense Film Festival, 2009 (competition)

8th Concorto Film Festival, Pontenure (Piacenza), Italy, 2009 (screening)

Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival “Beginning”, Russia, 2009 (competition)

Toronto Polish Film Festival, 2009 (screening)

9th Short Film International Festival of Lille, 2009 (competition)

The Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, 2009 (competition)

The International Short Film Festival, Curtocircuito, Spain, 2009 (competition)

Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia, 2009 (competition)

The Leeds International Film Festival (Short Film City 2009), UK, 2009 (competition)

Istanbul Short Film Fesival, 2009 (screening)

Alcine 39 Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares/Comunidad de Madrid, 2009 (competition)

8th International Student and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy, 2009 (competition)

24th Brest European Short Film Festival, France, 2009 (screening)

19th Film Festival Cottbus, Germany, 2009 (competition)

Munich International Festival of Film Schools, 2009 (competition)

The 10. up-and-coming Int. Film Festival Hannover, 2009 (competition)

Bilbao Film Festival, 2009 (competition)

Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2009 (competition)

Festival on Wheels, 2009 (screening)

Prague Short Film Festival, 2010 (competition)

Sundance Film Festival, USA, 2010 (competition)

KINOFABULA STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL, 2010 (competition)

33rd Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 2010 (competition)

Next Reel International Film Festival, Singapore, 2010 (competition)

Tampere Film Festival, Finland , 2010 (competition)

REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada, 2010 (competition)

International Student Film Festival Early Melons 2010, Slovakia, 2010 (competition)

Aspen Shortsfest, USA, 2010 (competition)

MIT European Short Film Festival, USA, 2010 (screening)

Nashville Film Festival, USA, 2010 (screening)

12th International Eskisehir Film Days, Turkey, 2010 (screening)

WIZ-ART FESTIVAL, Ukraine, 2010 (screening)

2ANNAS International Short Film Festival in Riga, Latvia, 2010 (Grand Prix)

Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada, 2010 (screening)

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan, 2010 (competition)

Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK, 2010 (screening)

Maremetraggio - International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2010 (competition)

Curtas Vila do Conde , Portugal, 2010 (screening)

Message to Man International Film Festival, St Petersburg, Russia, 2010 (screening)

Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 2010 (competition)

ALPINALE Short Film Festival, Austria, 2010 (competition)

Festival Silhouette Courts Metrages, France, 2010 (screening)

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Mexico, 2010 (screening)

Aye Aye Film Festival, France, 2010 (competition)

Best Of Short Films Festival, France, 2010 (competition)

Fresh Wave 2010 – International Short Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2010 (screening)

MANHATTAN SHORT, USA, 2010 (competition)

Ourense International Film Festival, Spain, 2010 (competition)

Hamptons International Film Festival, USA, 2010 (screening)

Festival du cinéma européen en Essonne, France, 2010 (Grand Prix du Conseil Général de l'Essonne du Court Métrage)

B16 - International Competitive Festival Of Short Fiction Films, Czech Republic, 2010 (competition)

Festival de Boca del Lobo, Spain, 2010 (screening)

International Festival for Cinema Schools FIDEC, Belgique, 2010 (competition)

Kyiv International Film Festival MOLODIST, Ukraine, 2010 (screening)

ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, 2010 (screening)

24fps International Short Film Festival, USA, 2010 (competition)

V INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL "IN THE FAMILY CIRCLE", Russia, 2010 (competition)

20th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia, 2011 (screening)

goEast Film Festival, Germany, 2011 (competition)

Arcipelago International Festival of Short Films and New Images, Italy, 2012 (screening)

Imaginaria Film Festival, Italy, 2012 (competition)

10th International Festival Signes de Nuit, France, 2012 (screening)

Leuven Short Film Festival 2018, Belgium, 2018 (screening)