KOLUMBUS

short film 2D cut-out 4:30 min 2012
Directed and animated by Sonja Rohleder & Veronika Samartseva Columbus wakes up surrounded by rising waters and decides that instead of viewing this shock as a catastrophe he'll take it as an opportunity to set a course for his dreams. Faced with numerous hurdles and challenges en route to his goals, Columbus discovers that learning to appreciate the beauty in the journey and the unexpected is just as important as reaching your destination.  

Our Wonderful Nature

short filmcg animation05:072008
directed by Tomer Eshed

Flamingo Pride Trailer

short filmcg animation06:002011
Flamingo Pride directed by Tomer Eshed
Trailer Concept/Editing Jens Prausnitz

Chump And Clump

short filmcg animation10:352008
directed by Stephan Sacher and Michael Herm Chump and Clump meet at a bus station. Unfortunately, they have just missed their bus, which arrives only once a week. While waiting for the next bus, a bizarre and wonderfully raucous friendship develops, which still manages to prevail when all odds turn against our little heroes.

THE TELL-TALE HEART

short film 2D animation 8 min HFF "Konrad Wolf" 2006
Directed and animated by Annette Jung Ed hates the disgusting eye of his father and so he made up his mind to take the life of the old man to rid himself of the eye forever. Based upon the novel „The Tell-Tale Heart“ by Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Co-Directed, Animation, Backgrounds: Gregor Dashuber
  • Music: Max Knoth
  • Sound: Daniel Griese, Michał Krajczok
  • Narrated by Andreas Fröhlich
Screenings at more than 200 Festivals in 40 countries. Awards:
  • „Goldener Reiter“ Filmfest Dresden
  • „Best Film“ & „Best Animation“ Guernsey Lili Filmfestival
  • „Best 2D Animation“ Redstick Int. Animation Louisian
  • „Best Short Film“ Cartoons on the bay in Rom
  • „Best Animation“ OSFAF in Skopje, Mazedonien
  • „Best Director“ Maki Brothers in Bilola
  • „Blue Genius“ Medienfestival Villingen
  • „Goldmedaille“ & „Publikumspreis“ FISH Rostock
  • „Gold Standard“ BIAFF-Royal Tunbridge in Wells
  • „Bär in Gold“ Festival der Nationen in Ebensee
  • „Best Female Participation“ Femina - in Rio De Janero
  • „DAFF „Goldmedaille“ Deutschen Film Festspiele Aachen
 

OUR MAN IN NIRVANA

short film 3D computer 10:27 HFF „Konrad Wolf“ Potsdam-Babelsberg, 2005
Directed by Jan Koester A famous rockstar dies accidently during a concert and awakes in nirvana. There he has to face his wishes and deeds.
  • Animation, Direction, Design: Jan Koester
  • Music: Benjamin Dickmann
  • Sound: Daniel Gilde & Andi Drost
  • Produktion: Ole Nicolaisen
  AWARDS:
  • Berlinale: Silver Bear
  • The British Academy for Film and Television Arts Los Angeles: BAFTA LA Short Film Award Cinequest Film Festival
  • Sapporo Short Fest: Best Student Director

 
  AWARDS:
  • Filmfest Dresden: Golden Horseman
  • Brooklyn International Film Festival: Spirit Award
  • Aniwow Beijing: Best Film
  • International Student Film and Video Festival Beijing Film Academy: Silver Award

Froschwetter

short film 2D computer drawn animation 5:45 HFF „Konrad Wolf“ Potsdam-Babelsberg & Pauline Kortmann, 2011
Directed by Pauline Kortmann It’s hot. The weather frog is alarmed: if what the kids say is true, terrible things could happen to the climate! What exactly, the poor frog learns the hard way.
  • Animation: Pauline Kortmann, Ulf Grenzer, Marc Arnull, Christian Retzlaff
  • Compositing VFX: Dennis Rettkowski 
  • Live action DOP: Matthias Hofmeister

Rising Hope

short film 10 min Talking Animals, 2012
Rising Hope, who used to be the fastest horse in the world, suddenly turns into a loser. With the help of a new friend − a jack-of-all-trades hound − he finds hope and himself again.
Festivals:
  • Berlinale International Film Festival
  • Atlanta Film Festival, USA
  • AniFest - Teplize, Czech Republic
  • Cartoon on the bay, Italy
  • Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
  • SICAF Seoul Int.Cartoon&Animation Festival
  • Zlin International Film Festival for Children
Awards:
  • "Cartoons & Sport" - Cartoon on the Bay, Italy

NEVER DRIVE A CAR WHEN YOU`RE DEAD

SHORT FILMDRAWN ANIMATION2D10 MIN© 2009 HFF KONRAD WOLF
Directed  and animated by GREGOR DASHUBER The awkward hero stumbles over a long forgotten piano.Music leads him from his run down existence out into the city life.There he plays a last funeral march to all the deadbeats on the sidewalk.  

TRICKSTER

SHORT FILMCOMPUTER ANIMATION3D15 MIN© 2008 HFF KONRAD WOLF
Realized by Alexander Pohl The Protagonist, the Auguste, projected onto a huge screen of a pitoresque cinema as a metaphor for the subconscious mind of the audience undergoes an existantial development dreaming of his counterpart the whiteface clown and finally finding his true identity the immortal archetype of the Trickster.
 
screenplay, design, modelling, rigging, texturing, animation, shading, rendering, VFX: Alexander Pohl
virtual acting/ voice: Florian Hertweck
producer Fabian: Pöhlmann
camera: Till Vielrose
editor: Florian Metzner
music composed and orchestrated by: Stefan Maria Schneider
conductor: Stefan Maria Schneider
music performed by: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
solo trumpet: Jan Sebastian Melzer
sound design: Tilman Hopf
sound re-recording mixer: Alexej Ashkenazy
foley artist: Günter Röhn
line producer: Holger Lochau
technical support: Dennis Rettkowski

DISBELIEF WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL

SHORT FILM3D COMPUTER ANIMATION, FOUND FOOTAGE, LIVE ACTION11:30 MIN© 2008 HFF KONRAD WOLF
Directed  and animated by SAMUEL WEIKOPF
The old one awakens alone in the dark and confounds the TV set for his long awaited children...  

LITTLE PLASTIC FIGURE

SHORTFILM STOP-MOTION, PIXILATION & CLAY 03:00 min 2012 TIGER UNTERWEGS FILMPRODUKTION
Susie Asado sings and a small heroin waits for her spaghetti. Directed and animated by Veronika Samartseva and Anna Bergmann (SAMO-SAMA)
  • Camera and lighting: Thomas Bergmann      
  • Music: Susie Asado
  • sounddesign: Michał Krajczok
Screenings:
  • Filmfest Dresden
  • Zlín Film Festival
  • IndieLisboa Junior