Original Title: ASSOIFFÉ
Spanish Title:
English Title: WATER COOLER WAR
Year and month of production: 2024
Length: 11 minutes
Production country: France
Genre: Fiction
Language: No dialogues
Subtitles: No subtitles
Trailer (link):
Web: https://www.punchlinecinema.com/en/film/water-cooler-war/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/punchlinecinema/?locale=fr_FR

A man dressed in blue waits, thirsty, in a badly ventilated room. The arrival of a man dressed in red pulling a beautiful water bottle dispenser causes a conflict between the two, culminating in an epic war between two red and blue armies.

LISA SALLUSTIO

LISA SALLUSTIO IS A YOUNG BELGIAN FILM DIRECTOR BORN IN THE WALLOON PROVINCE OF HAINAUT, CALLED “BORINAGE”. GRADUATED IN POLITICAL SCIENCES AT THE FREE UNI- VERSITY OF BRUSSELS (ULB) AND IN DRAMATIC MISE- EN-SCÈNE AT THE INSAS FILM SCHOOL IN BRUSSELS, SHE THEN JOINED THE FÉMIS, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL IMAGE AND SOUND IN PARIS. IN 2020, SHE GRADUATES WITH HER MOVIE “LES PU- NAISES”, AN ALLEGORICAL TALE ABOUT THE EXPLOITA- TION OF LABOUR. CANAL + BOUGHT THE MOVIE WHICH TOURED MANY FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD. THE FILM WON FOURTH PLACE IN THE CILECT PRIZE IN 2021. WATER COOLER WAR IS HER FIRST PROFESSIONAL SHORT FILM. AGAIN, THE MOVIE IS A TALE, BUT THIS TIME IT HOLDS AN ECOLOGICAL MEANING: WATER IS COMMON GOOD AND SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES EMERGE FROM ITS PRIVATIZATION.

Selections

o 2023 Festival International du Film de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
o 2023 21ème édition du L'Isle-Adam Film Festival
o 2023 Festival War on Screen
o 2023 24e édition du "Festival du Premier Court-Métrage" de Pontault-Combault
o 2023 16eme édition du festival Parties de Campagne
o 2023 Rencontres cinéma de Gindou
o 2023 Festival Humour en Court – Pontarlier
o 2023 7e Festival du Film Court en Armagnac
o 2023 La balade des Courts de Bourg-en-Bresse
o 2023 Festival des Cinémas Engagés
o 2024 Festival Music & Cinéma Marseille
o 2024 Festival Courtivore
o 2023 Les Arcs Film Festival – Talent Village
o 2023 Festival International du Film Court d’Angoulême
o 2024 Festival International du Film de Clermont-Ferrand – Programme Canal+
o 2023 39th International Short Film Festival Berlin - Allemagne
o 2023 10th edition of Olhares do Mediterrâneo - Women's Film Festival – Portugual
o 2023 39th IMAGINE Fantastic Film Festival – Amsterdam
o 2023 2nd Pianeta Mare Film Festival – Italie
o 2024 Festival du Film de Mons – Belgique
o 2024 Pigneto Film Festival - Italie
o 2023 PÖFF Shorts - Estonie



Awards

o 2023 Prix du Jury Jeune - Festival International du Film de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
o 2023 Meilleur Court-Métrage International - 2nd Pianeta Mare Film Festival - Italie