Puzzle

A film by Rémy Rondeau

14 minutes - 2014 - France

An old man is lonely after the death of his wife. To fight his boredom, he spends his days making puzzles.
The living room walls display dozens of puzzles carefully assembled over his monotonous days.
Then one day the old man finds a mysterious box at his doorstep. Inside the box are puzzle pieces.
Driven by the desire to discover what it represents, the old man commences to assemble the puzzle. While doing so, strange and uncanny events begin to occur around him.

Rémy Rondeau
After graduating from ESRA (French High School of Film Directing) where he directed 3 short student films, Rémy Rondeau began working as a lighting engineer on short and feature films such as "Un Poison violent" by Katell Quillévéré (Cannes 2010) and "La Conquête" by Xavier Durringer (Cannes 2011). His various work experiences have artistically and technically broadened his filming knowledge. At the same time, Rondeau wrote the screenplay of the feature film "Dawn of the Old Men," which was selected at the PITCH in the Henry Langlois international Film Festival for its original and off-the-wall universe.
"Puzzle" is his first short film both as writer and director. Thanks to his thirteen years in the Conservatory of Music and his mastery of various instruments (such as clarinet, piano, guitar and accordion), he also composed the score of several short films, including his.

Awards and Festivals
Special mention at Fenêtres sur courts, Dijon (France)
Oeil d’or - Best Short film & Jury Award - PIFF
Audience Award for Best International Short Film - Nevermore Film Festival (USA)
Special Jury Mention - Vélizy-Villacoublay
Best editing - Cluj shorts film festival (Romania)
Festival of Nations, Austria - diploma
First price at Orès de Miedo, Spain
Best short film direction at Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival (Brazil)
Young Jury Award - Les Oeillades d’Albi
Tehran Short Film Festival - in competition
Tübingen-Stuttgart Festival - Horror Night
Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival - in competition
Quintessence, Ouidah Film Festival (Benin) - in competition
Le cinéma français aujourd’hui au Kazakhstan, Almaty
Sup de Courts, Paris
Festival Retour à l’Anormal, out of competition (France)
Festival Ecran Libre, Aigues-Mortes (France) - in competition
International Short Film Festival of India
NEVERMORE Film Festival, Caroline du Nord (Etats-Unis)
National Award Bernardino Zapponi for short films (Italy)
Festival du Film de l’Insolite, Rennes le Château (France)
Festival Tournez Court, Saint-Etienne (France)
Festival Fenêtre sur courts de Dijon (France)
International FIlm Festival Prvi Kadar (Bosnia Herzegovina)
Orès de miedo short film festival (Spain) - in competition
FKM - fantastic film festival in Coruna (Espagne)
Terrorific mostra de cinema de terror, Barcelone (Espagne)
II Diseases International Short Film & Art Festival (2FICAE) Spain - in competition
17th Landshut short film festival (Germany) - in competition
Festival cine del sur (Spain)
Festival Fincortex, experimental short film festival
Festitmage - Festival de la imatge de Calella (Spain)
Leben Film festival (Germany) - in competition
Tehran Silent Film Festival (Iran), 2016 - in compétition
BuSho in Budapest (Hungary) - in competition
Curtmiratges (Spain) - out of competition
Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cerdanya (Spain) - in competition
Sustefest (Mexico) - in competition
Terror Córdoba Festival de Cine (Argentina) - in competition
Short Film Festival "Les Oeillades d’Albi" (France) - in competition