Rescue Training Exercise Film

Format

Social media (1 min), main (5 min), additional (28 min)
Genre

Action / Docu-drama
Production

2025 Italy
Client:

Weißes Kreuz

About

This film documents a rescue training exercise simulating a fatal bus crash. It involved over 350 people and multiple emergency organizations, including ambulances, fire brigades, police, alpine rescue, civil protection, and the regional emergency call center.

Link to Video

Our Focus

Our goal was to build a complete story, including events before the crash. We worked under extreme pressure to capture without interfering with the rescue teams, who operated as if it were a real emergency.

Key Personnel and Film Crew:

Producer & Director – Tobias Demetz
Camera Operator: Tobias Demetz & Samuel Runggaldier
FPV Drone Operator: Gabriel Kasslatter & Samuel Runggaldier
Drone Operator: Samuel Runggaldier
Composer & Sound Effects: Alex Tribus
Editor & VFX: Tobias Demetz
Participating Organizations:
Weißes Kreuz [Gröden, Bozen, Seis, Klausen], WK Notfallseelsorge, WK Notfalldarstellung
Aiut Alpin and Mountain Rescue
Berufsfeuerwehr [Bozen ], FF [St. Ulrich, St. Christina, Runggaditsch, Kardaun
Civil Protection and Italian Red Cross (CRI), Regional Emergency Call Center 112
Carabinieri
Silbernagl
Organizing Committee:
Matthias Runggaldier, Teo Demetz, Patrick Bernardi, Bernadette Walpoth
Cast (Simulated Roles):
Samuel Runggaldier, Hanspeter Runggaldier, Verena Insam, Pauli Moroder, Herbert Pitschieler

Special thanks:
Municipality of St. CHristina & St. Ulrich, Walther Perathoner

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