Our Wonderful Nature Trickster Tsuribashi Voodoo

Our Wonderful Nature Trickster Tsuribashi Voodoo

Our Wonderful Nature
Director: Tomer Eshed
05:10, 2008, colour, English version, animation (3D), 35mm, 1:1,185
Wild Kingdom this is not. When two competing male shrews spot a
female in heat, we become witness to a rare fight caught on film. Part
nature doc, part Matrix and all shrews, this film will have you rolling in the
aisles.
Festivals/Awards
• 51st DOK Film Festival Leipzig, award best animation film
• 46th Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth ZLIN, award young artist
• FFA Short Tiger Award (German Short Film Prize) 2008
• SIGGRAPH 2008, Special Well-Told Fable Prize
Trickster
Director: Alexander Pohl
15:38, 2008, colour, no dialogue, animation (3D), 35mm, cinemascope
The Protagonist, the Auguste, projected onto a huge screen of a
picturesque cinema as a metaphor for the subconscious mind of the
audience, undergoes an existential development, dreaming of his
counterpart, the whiteface clown and finally finding his true identity, the
immortal archetype of the Trickster.
Festivals/Awards
• Avanca 08 Portugal, best animation film
• 50th Int. Film Festival Bilbao, Spain
• FFF 08, Foyle Film Festival Derry, Great Britain
Tsuribashi
Director: Ulrike Schulz
03:30, 2008, b/w, no dialogue, animation (2D brush with ink), 35mm,
1:1,78
Two travelling samurai. After having followed their route for some time,
they finally meet. Will they manage to reach their respective goals
unimpeded?
Festivals/Awards
• 51st Int. Film Festival DOK Leipzig
• 24th Warsaw Int. Film Festival (WIFF)
• 11th Olympia Int. Film Festival Pygros, Greece
Voodoo Bayou
Director: Javier Gutierrez
11:50, 2007, colour, no dialogue, animation (3D), Digibeta, 16:9
After being mistakenly bitten by an electrified mosquito, a voodoo doll
comes to life in a dilapidated shack. Then, realizing he's been used as
an instrument of evil, tries to escape the control of his master, the
mysterious Witch Doctor ...
Festivals/Awards
• Chicago International Film Festival , Chicago
• Huesca Film Festival, Huesca España
• LA Shorts Fest, Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.
Splinter
Director: Wojtek Wawszczyk
15:43, 2008, colour, no dialogue, animation (3D), 35mm, 1:1,85
„Splinter“ tells the bitter sweet love story between a wooden bench
and a young girl.
Festivals/Awards
• 35th Telluride Film Festival
• 48th Krakow Film Festival
• 16th Anima Mundi Film Festival, Brasil
Chump and Clump (Klotz und Klumpen)
Director: Stephan Sacher, Michael Herm
10:45, 2008, colour, no dialogue, animation (3D), 35mm, 1:1,85
Chump and Clump get to know each other at a bus stop. They just
missed the bus and are now waiting for the next one, which
unfortunately is only scheduled to arrive one week later. To shorten their
wait, they make use of all sorts of substances, which leads to them
running into difficulties when the bus finally arrives.
Festivals/Awards
• SIGGRAPH 2008
• 28th Int. Festival of Filmschools Munich
• 22nd Int. Film Festival Braunschweig, Germany
Apple Tree (Apfelbaum)
Director: Julia Ocker, Moritz Schneider
04:00, 2006, colour, no dialogue, animation (puppet), Digibeta, 1:1,66
Gardeners and their problems with neighbours.
Festivals/Awards
• Istanbul Int. Children's Film Festival Istanbul
• Festival du Film d'Animation pour la Jeunesse, Bourg-en-Bresse
Dachau near Munich (Dachau bei München)
Director: Frederik Ring
09:16, 2006, colour, English dialogue, animation, Digibeta, 1:1,66
In the author's childhood, life used to be just as boring as today.
Festivals/Awards
• Cartoons on the bay 2008, Rome
• PISAF 2007, South Korea
• European Short Film Biennale Ludwigsburg 08, Germany
The Egg Breakers (Eierbrecher)
Director: Emanuel Strixner
05:43, 2006, colour, no dialogue, animation (3D), Digibeta, 1:1,66
If eyelids were lips at the same time, they surely could lay eggs.
Festivals/Awards
• Annecy Int. Animated Film Festival 2007
• 15th International Short Film Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart
• Taiwan Int. Animation Festival
Siblings (Geschwisterliebe)
Director: Jan-Marcel Kühn, Matthias Scharfi
04:30, 2007, colour, no dialogue, animation (puppet), 35mm, 1:1,33
A boy feels bugged by his little sister. One day when she gets on his
nerves again, he accidentally detects that he can manipulate time.
Thrilled by his discovery, he begins to experiment with his little sister ...
Festivals/Awards
• FFA Short Tiger Award (German Short Film Prize) 2007
• SICAF 2008 Animated Film Festival, Seoul
• Next Generation 2008 Cannes Film Festival
Hell’s Bastards
Director: Philip Hillers
10:30, 2008, colour, no dialogue, life action/animation, Digibeta, 16:9
An FBI Agent realizes that his animated former comrade Aargh
committed a bank robbery and tries to catch him on his own.
Festivals/Awards
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