THE BOY WHO COULDN‘T FEEL PAIN

THE BOY WHO COULDN´T FEEL PAIN is set in Grants, New Mexico and tells the fictional small-town legend of Chester, a street fighter who can‘t feel any pain. When Annie, a bowling alley employee who just moved into town challenges him for a fight, things begin to change.

Eugen Merher © Jonas Schneider
Eugen Merher
photos © Jonas Schneider
  • Genre
    Coming-of-Age Story, Drama, Love Story, Tragicomedy
  • CATEGORY
    Short
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2022
  • DIRECTOR
    Eugen Merher
  • SCREENPLAY
    Eugen Merher
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Mortimer Hochberg
  • CAST
    Catfish Jean, Delilah Napier, Dylan Sprayberry, DJ “Dawda” Jallow Jr.
  • PRODUCERS
    Philip Chrobot, Sophie Lotsch
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Tempomedia Filmproduktion
  • RUNTIME
    20 min
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • FESTIVALS
    Student Academy Awards 2022, Independent Film Festival 2022, Oaxaca Filmfestival 2022, Bolton Film Festival 2022, British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) 2022, Cinéfest Sudbury 2022, Montreal International Black Film Festival 2022, Norwich Film Festival 2022, Young Director Award 2022, Tirana International Film Festival 2022, ALCINE 51 – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares 2022, 38th European Short Film Festival of Villeurbanne 2022
  • AWARDS
    Student Academy Awards Finalist 2022, Tirana International Film Festival Best Student Short 2022, Santa Fe Independent Film Festival Winner Best New Mexico Short 2022, Young Director Award Cannes Gold for Film School 6 min and up, Silver for Best Use of Music 2022
  • GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR
    Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • SALES
    Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg,
    Sigrid Gairing
    sigrid.gairing@filmakademie.de
    www.filmakademie.de