Been There
How tourists become invaders hunting for the best pictures.
Weekend trips, city breaks, a detour into nature or once around the world. Barely a few days off, you’re already gone. Never before has the desire to travel been so widespread and visited places so overloaded. What do we get out of it, other than the picture proof that we have been there?
Written, directed & edited: Corina Schwingruber Ilić
Cinematography: Nikola Ilić
Producer & script consultant: Stella Händler
Color grading, compositing: Philippe Gallay, Tweaklab
Sound design & mix: Hartmut Homolka, NurTon GmbH
Foley: Otger Kunert, TONBar
Mastering 5.1: Dariusz Kowalczyk, Oslo Studios
Compositing: Marlon Candeloro, CASE
Additional camera: Paula G. Monar, Jimmy Ferguson, Yair Halper, Kezia Zurbrügg, Anna Steiner (assistant)
Rough cut rescue agent: Samuel Weniger
Titles & graphic design: David Zürcher
Awards
Jury Mention, Pardi di domani – corti d’autore, Locarno International Film Festival, 2023
Short Film Candidate for the European Film Award, Locarno International Film Festival, 2023
Best International Short Film, Reykjavik International Film Festival, 2023
Best Film, Sparks competition, International Short Film Festival Winterthur, 2023
Best film, Basel Short Film Award, 2024
Festivals
Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, 2023 Pardi di domani – Corti d’Autore Competition Jury Mention & EFA Short Film Candidate
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, 2023, Short Cuts
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania, 2023, International Short Film Competition
Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland Short Film Competition Won: Best Film (2023)
Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Mexico New Horizon Shorts Competition (2023)
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada International Competition (2023)
AFI Fest, United States Competition (2023)
Jakarta Film Week, Indonesia Official Selection (2023)
Images en vues Short Film Festival, Canada Competition (2023)
Französische Filmtage Tübingen Stuttgart, Germany International Short Film Competition (2023)
International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Switzerland Sparks II Competition Won: Best Film in the Sparks Competition (2023)
Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar Bader Short Film Competition (2023)
Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom Documentary Shorts Programme (2023)
Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia Competition (2023)
Beirut Shorts – NDU International Film Festival, Lebanon Competition (2023)
Festival Tous Courts of Aix-en-Provence, France Collèges Tous Courts (2023)
Aguilar Film Festival, Spain Competition (2023)
IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland International Competition (2023)
Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland Official Selection (2024)
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia Documentary Competition (2024)
Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway Competition (2024)
Zürcher Philosophie Festival, Switzerland Short Film Program (2024)
Antarctics Film Festival, Antarctica (2024)
SANFICI – Santander International Independent Film Festival, Colombia International Short Film Competition (2024)
Pragueshorts Film Festival, Czech Republic Labo Competition (2024)
KINO ATHENS – International Independent Film Festival, Greece National Competition (2024)
Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, Canada Competition (2024)
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany International Competition (2024)
SXSW Film & TV Festival, United States Competition (2024)
Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany Documentary Competition (2024)
Macao International Shorts Film Festival, Macao Competition (2024)
Desertscape International Film Festival, United States Competition (2024)
Aspen Shortsfest, United States Competition (2024)
Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil International Competition (2024)
Bangladesh International Short & Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh Official Selection (2024)
Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea International Competition (2024)
Dallas International Film Festival, United States Short Film Competition (2024)
Filmkunstfest MV, Germany Short Film Competition (2024)
Flatpack Festival, United Kingdom Competition (2024)
Vienna Shorts – International Short Film Festival, Austria Festival Opening Program & “Best of the Fest” Program (2024)
BILDRAUSCH Filmfest Basel, Switzerland Swiss Shorts (2024)
Bergwelten Filmfestival, Switzerland Competition (2024)
Krakow Film Festival, Poland Out of Competition (2024)
FRONTERA SUR International Non-Fiction Film Festival, Chile Special: Unreconciled (2024)
CinemAmbiente – Environmental Film Festival, Italy International Short Film Competition (2024)
Hamburg Short Film Festival, Germany European Short Film Candidates Screening (2024)
Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Slovenia Video on the Beach Section (2024)
Huesca International Film Festival, Spain Documentary Competition (2024)
Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway Competition (2024)
DC/DOX, United States Official Selection (2024)
Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States Best Documentary Short (2024)
ShorTS International Film Festival, Italy Maremetraggio Competition (2024)
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria Official Selection (2024)
Cinema sous les etoiles de Funambules Médias, Canada Short Film Competition (2024)
Hongerige Wolf Festival, Netherlands Official Selection (2024)
Curtas Vila do Conde Int. Film Festival, Portugal International Competition (2024)
San Giò Verona Video Festival, Italy Official Selection Won: Best Cinematography (2024)
Lundäng Film Festival, Sweden Official Selection (2024)
Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta Competition (2024)
Zomerparkfeest Venlo, Netherlands Official Selection (2024)
Shortynale, Austria Short Competition Won: Special Mention (2024)
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany Official Selection (2024)
MakeDox, North Macedonia Short Competitive Program (2024)
Interaction: Short Docs Festival, Serbia Competition (2024)
Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy Preview Special Event (2024)
Film Festival Heceg Novi – Montenegro Film Festival, Montenegro Competition (2024)
São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil Official Selection (2024)
OFF – Odense International Film Festival, Denmark Documentary Competition (2024)
Funf Seen Filmfestival, Germany The Golden Glaze Competition (2024)
Elbe Dock International Film Festival, Czech Republic – Germany Competition (2024)
International Ethnographic Film Festival OKO, Ukraine / Bulgaria OKO GLOBAL Short Film Competition (2024)
Victory International Film Festival, United States Official Selection (2024)
Minikino Film Week, Indonesia Official Selection – Taste/Sense of Place & MFW10 Pool Cinema Programs (2024)
The Smalls Film Festival, United Kingdom Documentary Competition (2024)
Tirana International Film Festival, Albania Documentary Competition (2024)
Orvieto Cinema Fest, Italy Competition (2024)
Festival of Nations, Austria Official Selection (2024)
Healdsburg International Short Film Festival, United States Official Selection (2024)
Bolton Film Festival, United Kingdom Competition (2024)
MAX3MIN – Very Short Film Festival, Italy Special Section (2024)
Corto E Fieno, Italy Competition (2024)
PLONS! – International Short Documentary Film Festival, Netherlands Official Selection (2024)
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands Official Selection (2024)
BIFED – Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary, Turkey Competition (2024)
PROVINZIALE – Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany Short Documentary Competition (2024)
Monstrale Short Film Festival, Germany Competition (2024)
FestiFreak – Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata, Argentina Official Selection (2024)
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Spain Official Selection (2024)
Denver Film Festival, United States Official Selection (2024)
Doxs! Documentaries for Children and Youth, Germany Expanded Film Program (2024)
Reggio Film Festival, Italy (2024)
INTERFILM International Short Film Festival, Germany Reality Bites Special Program (2024)
Glimmerglass Film Days, United States Official Selection (2024)
Morocco Shorts International Film Festival, Morocco Competition (2024)
Il Varco International Short Film Festival, Italy Official Selection (2024)
Festival du film court de Villeurbanne, France Competition (2024)
Pune International Film Festival, India Official Selection (2024)
Madrid Short Film Week, Spain International Short Film Section (2024)
Lublin Film Festival, Poland Competition (2024)
Persistence of Vision Film Festival – Arkansas Shorts. USA, (2024)
Radical Frame Film Festival, Germany (2025)