Nominated for the BAFTA award for BEST SHORT FILM 2009
"First love hurts..."
Ralph 2008
"Ralph" is selected for the 59th Berlin Interational
Film Festival 2009. The film will be in competition in the
'Generation' program of the festival.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008
19th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival 2008
52nd Times BFI London Film Festival 2008
Edmonton International Film Festival 2008
19th Annual New Orleans Film Festival 2008
44th New York Film Festival 2008
Starz Denver Film Festival 2008
Zagreb Film Festival 2008
Leeds International Film Festival 2008 - WINNER 'BEST BRITSH SHORT'
Northern Lights Film Festival 2008
London Short Film Festival 2009
Festi'Valloire 2009
59th Berlin International Film Festival 2009
Nominated for The British Acadamy of Television and Film Award- BAFTA - in the category of 'Short Film'
Nominated for the Fujifilm Shorts Awards 2009 in the category of 'Best Film' and 'Best Cinematography'
Aspen Shorts Fest 2009 - WINNER 'BEST STUDENT'
RiverRun International Film Festival 2009
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 2009 - WINNER 'YOUTH JURY PRIZE'
Seattle International Film Festival 2009
Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2009
Seoul International Youth Film Festival 2009
Brisbane International Film Festival 2009
"Utilizing striking cinematography and a wonderfully vibrant color pallet, director Alex Winckler paints a beautiful portrait of love, loss, confusion, and hope in Ralph.......... .....Winckler not only succeeds in capturing the complex emotions bound up with first love, but also the sympathetic difficulty of being plunged aimless and neck-deep into a foreign country" FilmClick.com
"A brilliantly oberved coming of age tale"
Film & Festivals Magazine
Ralph 2008
Plot Outline
'Ralph' is a poignant, comic love story set in and around Marseille train station. Ralph is 15 years old and in love with his best friend Claire. Claire however sees Ralph as younger brother to her. Ralph decides to travel to the South of France where Clare is on holiday with her family and declare his love to her. Clare however has no idea Ralph is coming.
The film starts as Ralph arrives in Marseille St. Charles train station where he immediately tries to call Clare, however he has written the wrong number down. Desperate and isolated, he seeks refuge in a cafe outside the station. Here Ralph meets Julie, a waitress with whom he strikes up an immediate relationship.
The story climaxes when Clare unexpectedly appears at the train station, accompanied by a boy she has met on holiday, and suddenly Ralph has to choose between Clare and Julie, between the girl who up until five minutes beforehand he had been in love with, and a complete stranger.
Nominated for the BAFTA award for BEST SHORT FILM 2009
Ralph
"Ralph" is selected for the 59th Berlin Interational
Film Festival 2009. The film will be in competition in the
'Generation' program of the festival.
Ralph
Ralph
Ralph Laurila.............................Ralph
Julie Dray..................................Julie
Emily Seale Jones.........................Clare
Jean-Francois Malet......................Edouard