The Bathtub (film)

The Bathtub (German: Die Badewanne) is a German-Austrian short film directed by Tim Ellrich. The film released on 8 January 2016 in Germany and screened in France at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award in the International Competition. Moreover, the film was chosen to be screened in the Kurzschluss-Programm of Arte and is internationally distributed by the Kurzfilmagentur Hamburg [de].^[1]

The Bathtub
Original title	Die Badewanne
Directed by	Tim Ellrich
Written by	Tim Ellrich Dominik Huber
Produced by	Tim Ellrich Dominik Huber Leopold Pape
Starring	Stefan Pohl Simon Jaritz Rainer Wöss
Cinematography	Lukas Gnaiger
Edited by	Maximilian Merth Andreas Ribarits
Release dates	6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) (France) 25 May 2016 (2016-05-25) (Austria) 3 June 2016 (2016-06-03) (Germany)
Running time	13 minutes
Countries	Austria Germany
Language	German

Reception

The Desert Sun gave the short a score of eight out of ten, as they felt that it was "an example of a clever idea perfectly realized within the confines of a short film."^[2]

Awards

• Special Jury Awart at the 38th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (won)
• Best International Short Film at the Dublin International Film Festival (2016, won)^[3]
• Teen View Jury Award at the Nantucket Film Festival (2016, won)^[4]