Most successful short film of the year from Zurich
On Tuesday, the success of the Swiss short film «Un mundo para Raúl,» directed by Mauro Mueller and produced by advertising executives Ivan Madeo and Urs Frey, was confirmed in two ways.
Within the framework of the Cadrage 2013 the film won first place on Tuesday evening as the most successful Zurich short film of the year. Director Mauro Mueller received a grant of CHF 20,000 from the Zurich Film Foundation. At the same time, the Swiss short film won the Golden Sun Award (1st jury prize) at the Best of International Short Films Festival in La Ciotat, France, and was unanimously voted best film among 57 of the world's most successful short films of the past year. With these latest successes, the Palmarès This film has won 20 awards and over 40 festivals. Among them is the Student Oscar of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which was won in Los Angeles in June (Werbewoche.ch reported).
In his 15-minute drama, Zurich-based Mauro Mueller shows the great dilemma of social class differences in Latin America using the example of an intimate story of abuse. When the Mexican farmer's son Raúl is asked to look after the rich offspring of the local landowner, a game of power and pride flares up between the two boys.
