Pardino d’argento Swiss Life Award, National Competition – 2022 Locarno Film Festival
Best Short Film Award, SOFC (Critic’s Jury) – 2022 Sitges Film Festival
Official Selection 2022 – Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
Official Selecion – 2023 Sundance Film Festival
Directors: Matthias Sahli & Immanuel Esser
Countries of Production: Switzerland, Germany
Year of Release: 2022
International Sales: Ouat Media
For years now, giant talking newts have been used both for their labour and as laboratory animals. The Newt Congress takes place at a conference building surrounded by nature where participants have come together to optimize the exploitation of the animals. The short film is a free adaptation of Karel Čapek’s “War with the Newts”.