House arrest

2015 | Comedy, Horror | 14 min

Directed by Matthias Sahli

Hausarrest tells the story of Max, who was sentenced to six months of house arrest. An electronic ankle bracelet called Percy helps him trough his new daily life. One day Max is shocked to discover how far Percy is willing to go to assist him in his needs.

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Runtime14 min
Year of Production2015
Distribution FormatDCP, ProRes
Aspect Ratio16:9
Audio FormatStereo, 5.1
Shot onARRI ALEXA
Shooting FormatProRes
Spoken LanguageSwiss German, German
Available SubtitlesGerman, French, English
Director, Screenplay Matthias Sahli
Cinematography Pascal Reinmann
Production Design Noam Zucker
Editor Matthias Sahli
Leading ActorsUrs-Peter Wolters
Nicole Steiner
Walter Menzi
Peter Hottinger
Unit Manager Miriam Rutherfoord
Production Manager Tanja Sahli
Location Manager Gabriela Kvet
Focus Puller & Assistant Camera Yves De Pra
Lukas Graf
Electrician David Oesch, Ennio Ruschetti, Rafael Kistler
Location Sound Engineer Oliver Rogers
Perche Luisa Ricar
Elke Mulders
Costume Design Aurelia Buchli
Makeup Artist Fabiola De Giacomo
Caterer Susanna Sahli
Compositing Matthias Sahli
Componist Adrian Pfisterer
Sound Design Gina Keller
Sound Mixing Gregg Skerman
Digital Colorist Pascal Reinmann
Project Supervision Christian Iseli
Executive Producer Filippo Bonacci
Head of Programme BA Film Bernhard Lehner

News

22. November 2016
Publikumspreis 2016 FANCINE Fantastic Film Festival Malaga für "Hausarrest"

Der Kurzfilm "Hausarrest" von Matthias Sahli wird am FANCINE - Fantastic Film Festival Malaga vom Publikum als Best Real Image Short Film 2016 ausgezeichnet.

Publikumspreis 2016 FANCINE Malaga


10. November 2015
Winterthur Short Film Days Audience Award

The audience has made its choice! This year's Audience Award — endowed with CHF 10'000 — has been awarded to Matthias Sahli for "Hausarrest," which was produced as a BA student film and has already screened at the Locarno International Film Festival.

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Screenings

28. January 2018 – 28. January 2018
Kleines Kino
Frankfurt | Germany

10. November 2017 – 18. November 2017
FIC AUTOR - Author's International Film Festival
Guadalajara | Jalisco | Mexico

4. October 2017 – 8. October 2017
War On Screen - festival international de cinema
Châlons en Champagne | France

3. June 2017 – 8. June 2017
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cuenca
Cuenca | Ecuador

19. May 2017 – 25. May 2017
Hoboken - International Film Festival
Middletown | NY | USA

21. April 2017 – 22. April 2017
MOVIEPARK - Action & Adventure Film Festival
Los Angeles | CA | USA

17. March 2017 – 26. March 2017
Festival de Curtmetratges Rewind Festival
Vilanova del Camí | Spain

15. March 2017 – 20. March 2017
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival
Landshut | Germany

6. March 2017 – 6. March 2017
TOHorror Film Fest
Turino| Italy

18. January 2017 – 22. January 2017
Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Stuttgart | Germany

25. November 2016 – 2. December 2016
Poitiers Film Festival
Poitiers | France

11. November 2016 – 13. November 2016
EKADESHMA Int. Short Film Festival
Katamndu | Nepal

9. November 2016 – 17. November 2016
FANCINE - Fantastic Film Festival Malaga
Malaga | Spain

3. November 2016 – 14. November 2016
Reggio Film Festival
Reggio Emilia | Italy

1. November 2016 – 5. November 2016
Bucharest Short Film Festival
Bucharest | Romania

1. November 2016 – 6. November 2016
Festival de Curtmetratges de Manlleu
Manlleu | Spain

30. October 2016 – 30. October 2016
HYPERION Int. Student Film Festival
Bucharest | Rumania

27. October 2016 – 30. October 2016
POST MORTEM - Int. Horror and Bizarre Film Festival
Aguascalientes | Mexico

24. October 2016 – 31. October 2016
European Film Screenings
Abu Dhabi | Dubai | United Arab Emirates

23. October 2016 – 24. October 2016
Konstanzer kurz.film.spiele
Konstanz | Germany

14. October 2016 – 23. October 2016
Festival Intde Cine Independiente de La Plata Festi-Freak
La Plata | Argentina

14. October 2016 – 16. October 2016
Int. Film Festival ”Autumn in Voronet”
Voronet | Romania

11. October 2016 – 15. October 2016
TOHorror Film Fest
Turin | Italy

8. September 2016 – 18. September 2016
Milano Film Festival | concorso cortometraggi | Int. Short Film Competition
Milan | Italy

19. August 2016 – 21. August 2016
Samyak Int. Short film and Documentary Festival
Pune | India

11. August 2016 – 14. August 2016
Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine
Montevideo | Uruguay

1. July 2016 – 9. July 2016
NIFFF - Festival du film du fantastique de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel | Switzerland

23. June 2016 – 3. July 2016
East End Film Festival
London

13. May 2016 – 19. May 2016
Festival of Nations
Lenzing | Austria

3. May 2016 – 8. May 2016
FilmKunstFest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Schwerin

27. April 2016 – 8. May 2016
Festival du Court Métrage de Bruxelles

6. April 2016 – 10. April 2016
Go Short - Int. Short Film Festival
Nijmegen | Niederlande

9. March 2016 – 16. March 2016
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche
intern. Contest & Special Program - Crossing The Code

24. January 2016 – 24. January 2015
Max Ophüls Preis
Saarbrücken | Germany

5. August 2015 – 15. August 2015
Festival del film Locarno
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