The Record
TITLE
The Record
DIRECTOR
Jonathan Laskar
COUNTRY
Switzerland
YEAR
2022
DURATION
8′
GENRE
Animation
Overview

The Record
An antique music instrument dealer recieves a magical vinyle record from a traveller: “It reads your mind and plays your lost memories”. Obsessed by this endless record, the antique dealer listens to it again and again, and the memories reemerge until one last and most painful memory is revealed: how he got separated from his mother on the Swiss border during World War II.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Jonathan Laskar
Born in 1978, Jonathan Laskar studied visual arts at the University of Aix-Marseille and classical double bass at the Conservatory of Aix-en-Provence. In 2000, he moved to Germany, in the city of Weimar, to study architecture at the Bauhaus-Universität. After a few years of professional experience as an architect in Basel, Jonathan Laskar studied animation at the Lucerne University of Art and Design (Switzerland), where he obtained a master’s degree with his graduation film De terre et d’encre produced by Claude Barras. Since 2013, he lives in Geneva and works as an independent animation filmmaker. After having collaborated on several films in various studios, he directed with «The Record» his debut film.
Credits
- Director Jonathan Laskar
- Screenplay Jonathan Laskar
- Cinematography
- Editing Jonathan Laskar
- Cast Robert Bogdan Hatisi, Emmanuel Laskar, Samuel Müller
- Producer/s Sophie Laskar-Haller
- Production Company Papier perforé / Punched paper films, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Distributor/s Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
Specifications
- Project Title The Record
- Project Type Animation
- Completion DateJune 13, 2022
- Country of origin Switzerland
- Country of filming Switzerland
- Language French
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student Project No

Jonathan Laskar
Born in 1978, Jonathan Laskar studied visual arts at the University of Aix-Marseille and classical double bass at the Conservatory of Aix-en-Provence. In 2000, he moved to Germany, in the city of Weimar, to study architecture at the Bauhaus-Universität. After a few years of professional experience as an architect in Basel, Jonathan Laskar studied animation at the Lucerne University of Art and Design (Switzerland), where he obtained a master’s degree with his graduation film De terre et d’encre produced by Claude Barras. Since 2013, he lives in Geneva and works as an independent animation filmmaker. After having collaborated on several films in various studios, he directed with «The Record» his debut film.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Tirana International Film Festival
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Warsaw Animation Film Festival
Grand Prix Best Animation Film, 2022