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Weightless (German: Schwerelos) is the debut short film by paraplegic Swiss director Dominik Rüedi, which premiered at the New York Film Awards in October 2019 and had its Swiss premiere at the Cinema Kiwi Center in Winterthur in September 2020 during of the Winterthur International Short Film Festival.

Plot
After the ASIA B diagnosis, Paul decides to make his mother's everlasting dream come true and wants to scatter her ashes on Monte Lema mountain. But courage quickly leaves him and in his hardest time, his friend Tim, also a paraplegic, motivates him to follow the journey. Euphorically, they both start the adventure but the wheelchair is always an obstacle. Until the two American paragliding specialists Vincenca and Jacob come across and take them along by car stop. All together they manage to get up the mountain and fulfill Paul's mother's wish.

Cast
Sandro Stocker as Paul

Jakob Fessler Kriecher as Tim

Noemi Laezza as Vincenca

Alec Rosenthal as Jacob

Jürg Bünzli as Doctor

Production
The bachelor graduation film was produced by the SAE Institute together with Dominik Rüedi as producer and Sandeep Abraham as co-producer. The script was written by Carmela Schönenberger. The director of photography was Sandeep Abraham. The title song was contributed by Swiss musician Marius Bear and the score by composer Enzo De Rosa. After its successful festival tour, the film was broadcast on Swiss television and can be viewed in their media library. It was also shown during the 17th Zurich Film Festival.

Awards

 * New York Film Awards 2020 - Best Inspirational Film
 * New York Film Awards 2020 - Best First Time Director
 * New York Film Awards 2020 - Best Narrative Short
 * Indie Short Fest 2020 - Best Student Drama Short
 * Hollywood Gold Awards 2020 - Original Story
 * Reale Film Festival 2020 - Best Screenplay
 * Europe Film Festival 2021 - Best Drama Film
 * Film in Focus 2021 - Best Student Film
 * Great Message International Film Festival 2021 - Best Editor
 * Best Actor Award - New York 2021 - Best Actor in a Drama
 * Best Actor Award - New York 2021 - Best Actor in an Inspirational Film
 * Entr 2 Marches 2021 - Prix du Public "Georges Lautner"

Sponsors
Sponsors included the Swiss Paraplegics Foundation, the Thurgau Cantonal Bank Anniversary foundation, Hollister Incorporated, Högg Liftsysteme, W.Hägeli AG, Reha Hilfen AG, and the Pro Infirmis Foundation,.

More information
Website of Weightless

Instagram account of Weightless

Imdb

Link to the Trailer