Bon Voyage (2016 film)
# Bon Voyage (2016 film)

Bon Voyage is a Swiss-German short film written and directed by Marc Raymond Wilkins.

Bon Voyage was shortlisted with ten other short-film from 137 entries submitted to the 89th Academy Awards in Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film category. The final five nominations are scheduled to be announced on January 24, 2016.

## Plot

Jonas and Silvia are enjoying a wonderful sailing holiday in the Mediterranean sea. But while sailing through the night far away from land, they discover an overloaded refugee boat which is close to sinking. They are shocked but too afraid to help. They call the coast guards but lose the boat out of sight into the darkness of the night. In the early morning, they find themselves drifting through an ocean of dead bodies. The refugee boat has sunk. Jonas and Silvia manage to pull a few Syrian survivors out of the cold water. This rescue marks the beginning of a dramatic conflict between the hopes and dreams of the refugees, and the fears and ideals of the holiday sailors.

## Cast

* Jay Abdo as Kareem
* Stefan Gubser as Jonas
* Amed Ali as Thabit
* Annelore Sarbach as Silvia
* Suhair Omran as Maha

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films | Best Live Action Short over 15 minutes | Marc Raymond Wilkins and Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG | Won |
| San Diego Film Festival | Best Short Film | Marc Raymond Wilkins | Won |
| San Diego Film Festival | Best Narrative Short | Marc Raymond Wilkins, Joël Louis Jent, Jay Abdo and Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG | Won |
| 89th Academy Awards | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film | Marc Raymond Wilkins Joël Louis Jent | Short-listed |
