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'All Cats Are Grey in the Dark' is a Swiss short documentary film, directed by Lasse Linder and released in 2019.[Mario Trlaja, [https://www.fm1today.ch/ostschweiz/stgallen/film-eines-widnauers-gewinnt-europaeischen-filmpreis-140187145 "Film eines Widnauers gewinnt europischen Filmpreis"]. 'FM1 Today', 10 December 2020.] The film centres on Christian, a lonely single man from Bregenz, Austria, who has decided to have his pet cat inseminated to help fulfill his own desire to become a parent.[
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The film was made as Linder's thesis project in the film studies program at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.[David Grob, [https://www.tagblatt.ch/kultur/der-widnauer-filmemacher-lasse-linder-ohne-filmfoerderung-ginge-es-nicht-ld.1185441 "Der Widnauer Filmemacher Lasse Linder: Ohne Filmfrderung ginge es nicht"]. 'St. Galler Tagblatt', 14 January 2020.]
The film premiered at the 72nd Locarno Film Festival.[[https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/zentralschweiz/filmfestival-locarno-luzerner-jungfilmer-fuer-besten-schweizer-kurzfilm-ausgezeichnet "Luzerner Jungfilmer fr besten Schweizer Kurzfilm ausgezeichnet"]. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, 18 August 2019.] It was subsequently screened at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best International Short Film.[Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-taika-waititis-jojo-rabbit-wins-audience-award-1239778 "Toronto: Taika Waititi's 'Jojo Rabbit' Wins Audience Award"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', 15 September 2019.]
The film won the award for Best Short Film at the 33rd European Film Awards.
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