ALEXX196 & the pink sand beach ALEXX196 & la plage de sable rose

by Loïc Hobi

France, Switzerland
2023
24 min
French
Short film
Fiction
Color

Out of competition 2023

Official synopsis

Alex and Sacha are distraught over the closure of the online video game on which they met. While Alex and his mother go on vacation in the south where Sacha lives, the two teenagers will do everything to meet and finish the game together.

Biography and Filmography

Loïc Hobi is a French-Swiss filmmaker born in 1997. He studied directing at Luc Besson’s film school École de la Cité in France, graduating in 2019 with his short L’Homme jetée. His filmography includes more experimental works like Face to face to the night (2019) and The New Gods (2020). After three years of work, he’s now presenting his new fiction film, The Life Underground (2021). He has also just finished shooting Alexx196 and the Pink Sand Beach (2022), the convergence of his fictional and experimental cinema, and is developing a feature film.

IN DEVELOPMENT - BAD GAYS / CRYPTO LOVER - Loïc Hobi - Director and screenwriter
2023 : ALEXX196 & THE PINK SAND BEACH - Loïc Hobi - Director and screenwriter
2021 - THE LIFE UNDERGROUND (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2020 - THE NEW GODS (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2020 - ALIEN SEXTING (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2019 - L’HOMME JETÉE (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2019 - FACE TO FACE IN THE NIGHT (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2018 - HELL BROKE LUZ (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director

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by Loïc Hobi

Loïc Hobi is a French-Swiss filmmaker born in 1997. He studied directing at Luc Besson’s film school École de la Cité in France, graduating in 2019 with his short L’Homme jetée. His filmography includes more experimental works like Face to face to the night (2019) and The New Gods (2020). After three years of work, he’s now presenting his new fiction film, The Life Underground (2021). He has also just finished shooting Alexx196 and the Pink Sand Beach (2022), the convergence of his fictional and experimental cinema, and is developing a feature film.

IN DEVELOPMENT - BAD GAYS / CRYPTO LOVER - Loïc Hobi - Director and screenwriter
2023 : ALEXX196 & THE PINK SAND BEACH - Loïc Hobi - Director and screenwriter
2021 - THE LIFE UNDERGROUND (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2020 - THE NEW GODS (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2020 - ALIEN SEXTING (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2019 - L’HOMME JETÉE (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2019 - FACE TO FACE IN THE NIGHT (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director, Screenwriter
2018 - HELL BROKE LUZ (Short) - Loïc Hobi - Director