The Flood Is Coming

A film by

United Kingdom | 9' | 10/2018 | animation

A forest hermit tries to prepare for a flood, but he becomes distracted by his noisy neighbour - who happens to be the hermit's left eye. What follows is a meditation on worry, and the potential consequences of obsession.
The Flood is Coming explores the growing anxiety about the state of nature, and our place in it. While also considering how people can appear to blindly seek conflict as they approach adversity.

Square Eyes - Winterthur 2018 - Laurel Best Swiss
Square Eyes - Clermont Ferrand - Laurel 2019 Lab
Square Eyes - Winterthur 2018 - Laurel Best Swiss
Square Eyes - Clermont Ferrand - Laurel 2019 Lab

Gabriël Böhmer

Biography

Gabriel Böhmer is a UK based artist from Zurich, interested in memory and the absurd. His practice often focuses on passing ideas that arise in mundane moments, but also feel momentous in their own way. Gabriel left a career in management consulting in 2013, following the release of his novel Beetle Days. In 2015 Gabriel published the book of paintings Tomorrow I’ll Go Outside, and in 2017 he began animating his painted stories. His films have received recognition at Winterthur, Fantoche, and Clermont-Ferrand, among others.

Filmography

  • Push This Button if You Begin to Panic – 2020 – short
  • The Flood Is Coming – 2018 – short
  • Beetle Trouble – 2017 – short
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Crew

Director: Gabriel Böhmer
Screenplay: Gabriel Böhmer
Producer: Rational Vagabund: Samantha Monk
Sound: Gabriel Böhmer
Composer: Nacho Palacios
Animation: Gabriel Böhmer

Festivals

  • Edinburgh Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (26 october – 10 November, 2018)
    Official Selection
  • Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland (2 – 10 November, 2018)
    Short Film Selection
  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (6 – 11 November, 2018)
    National Competition Won: Best Swiss Film
  • Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia (11 – 20 January, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (1 – 9 February, 2019)
    Labo Competition
  • REGARD Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada (13 – 17 March, 2019)
    Competition
  • Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (13 – 17 March, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Las Palmas International Film Festival, Spain (22 – 31 March, 2019)
    Short Film Competition
  • Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (3 – 7 April, 2019)
    European Competition
  • International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany (1 – 6 May, 2019)
    Out-of-Competition: Pro-Short
  • Indielisboa, Portugal (2 – 12 May, 2019)
    Competition
  • Leiden International Short Film Experience, the Netherlands (9 – 12 May, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Braziers Mini Indi Film Festival, United Kingdom (24 – 27 May, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Art Film Fest, Slovakia (14 – 22 June, 2019)
    International Competition for Short Films
  • Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France (10 – 15 June, 2019)
    Official Short Film Competition
  • Diversions International Short Film Festival, Croatia (10 – 16 June, 2019)
    Out-of-Competition: Pro-Short
  • Florida Animation Festival, United States (13 – 16 June, 2019)
    Competition Honorable Mention
  • Fest Anca International Animation Festival, Slovakia (27 – 30 June, 2019)
    World Panorama
  • CineGlobe Film Festival, Switzerland (3 – 7 July, 2019)
    Official Competition
  • Animator – International Animated Film Festival Animator (5 – 11 July, 2019)
    Competition
  • Insomnia Festival, Russia (18 – 22 July, 2019)
    International Competition
  • La Guarimba International Film Festival, Italy (7 – 11 August, 2019)
    La Grotta Dei Piccoli Competition
  • Still Voices Short Film Festival, Ireland (15 – 18 August, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Concorto Film Festival, Italy (17 – 24 August, 2019)
    Supernature
  • Turku Animated Film Festival, Finland (21 – 25 August, 2019)
    Panorama
  • Odense Film Festival, Denmark (26 August – 1 September, 2019)
    Animation Competition
  • Fest CurtasBH – Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil (30 August – 8 September, 2019)
    Animation Section
  • Fantoche – International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland (3 – 8 September, 2019)
    International & Swiss Competition Won: Best Swiss Film
  • L’étrange Festival, France (4 – 15 September, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • World Festival of Animated Film in Varna, Bulgaria (11 – 15 September, 2019)
    Competition
  • Quebec City Film Festival, Canada (12 – 21 September, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Adriatic Film Festival, Italy (19 – 22 September, 2019)
    Edinburgh Short Film Festival program
  • DC Shorts Film Festival, United States (19 – 28 September, 2019)
    Competition
  • Viborg Animation Festival, Denmark (23 – 29 September, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • San Francisco Green Film Festival, United States (24 – 29 September, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Ars Independent Festival, Poland (24 – 29 September, 2019)
    Black Horse of Animation competition
  • Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada (25 – 29 September, 2019)
    World Panorama
  • Tacoma Film Festival, United States (3 – 10 October, 2019)
    Competition
  • Istanbul Comics & Art Festival, Turkey (6 – 7 October, 2019)
  • IndieCork, Ireland (6 – 13 October, 2019)
    International Competition
  • BRNO16 International Short Film Festival, Czech Republic (9 – 12 October, 2019)
    Competition
  • Animage – International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Brazil (11 – 20 October, 2019)
    Competition
  • Court Métrange – Rennes International Fantastic Short Film Festival, France (15 – 20 October, 2019)
    Competition
  • dokumentART – films & future, Germany (15 – 20 October, 2019)
    European Competition
  • Chicago International Film Festival, United States (16 – 27 October, 2019)
    Animated Short Film Competition
  • TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival, Georgia (21 – 26 October, 2019)
    The Best Films for Adults Competition
  • Environmental Film Festival Australia, Australia (24 October – 1 November, 2019)
    Competition
  • REX Animation Film Festival, Sweden (31 October – 3 November, 2019)
    Competition
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (6 – 10 November, 2019)
    Animation Selection
  • Ajayu International Animation Festival, Peru (6 – 10 November, 2019)
    Competition
  • Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, Ireland (14 – 17 November, 2019)
    Animated Shorts
  • International Film Festival Braunschweig, Germany (19 – 24 November, 2019)
    Short film program
  • PÖFF Shorts, Estonia (19 – 27 November, 2019)
    Non-Competitive
  • GIRAF Animation Festival, Canada (21 – 24 November, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Anilogue International Animation Festival, Hungary (27 November – 1 December, 2019)
    Animated Night
  • ANIMASIVO – Festival de Animación Contemporánea de la Ciudad de México, Mexico (27 November – 1 December, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Phenomena Festival, Brazil (28 November – 13 December, 2019)
    Competition
  • London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom (29 November – 8 December, 2019)
    Competition
  • Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Greece (30 November – 7 December, 2019)
    Short Animation Film Competition
  • Animateka, Slovenia (2 – 8 December, 2019)
    Eastern and Central European Competition Programme
  • Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (4 – 8 December, 2019)
    World Wide Shorts Competition Won: Best Music

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