illustrator / director / designer
© Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, 2024.
POLLIWOG (2024)
short film | digital 2d animation | 9:13 mins
written, directed and art directed by me
On a forest home trip with her classmates, ten year old Marlene is struggling with her early pubescent, changing body. She feels all alone with her troubles - until she meets an oddly developed tadpole, whom she is weirdly identifying with...
producer: Max Pollmann
animatic editor: Revan Sarikaya
script editor: Theresa Worm
lead animator and 2d effects: Benjamin Wahl
animators: Benjamin Wahl, Alina Schuster, Lydia Schüttengruber, Karla Riebartsch, Jeanne Bressand, Julia Skala, Mikael Jacobsen, Melanie Schnaidt, Louis Hartmann, Adina Barth, Gina, Stephan, Kei Sabitbek.
background painting: Cristina Narata, Esther Brechlin, Julia Skala.
compositing lead: Andra Berilă
compositing: Andra Berilă, Haiyang Liu, Eileen Kammer, Julia Skala,
Leo Neumann, Paul Golter, Max Pollmann, Esther Brechlin.
score: Clemens Gutjahr
sound design: Simon Wasserfall and Marc Uhlherr.
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Screenings
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© Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, 2020.
SOMMERREGEN (2020)
short film | digital 2d animation | 6:03 mins
co-direction with Oscar Jacobson.
After an exhausting rainy day, a young woman is struggling with her growingly overwhelming feelings.
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Screenings
Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2020 - Norway
Manchester Animation Festival 2020 - UK
Thessaloniki Animation Festival 2020 - Greece
Anim'est 2020 - Bucharest, Romania
CINANIMA 2020 - Espinho, Portugal
exground filmfest 2020 - Wiesbaden, Germany
Anilogue Festival 2020 - Budapest, Hungary
Animateka Festival 2020 - Ljubljana, Slovenija
Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2020 - Germany​
42. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2021 - Germany​
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2021 - Bamberg, Germany
Frame by Frame Filmfest 2021 - USA
ITFS 2021 - Stuttgart, Germany
One Country One Film Festival 2021 - France
Canlandıranlar Film Festival 2021 - Istanbul, Turkey
Constantine's Gold Coin 2021 - Nis, Serbia
SUPERTOON 2021 - Šibenik, Croatia
Animadeba 2021 - Deba, Basque Country
25th Int. Video Festival VIDEOMEDEJA - Serbia
Awards
Audience Award at 33rd exground filmest's "Wiesbaden Special"
© Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, 2019.
ELSEWHERE (2019)
short film | digital 2d animation | 4:36 mins
co-direction with Malin Krüger & Johanna Gräwinger.
When a young pilot loses her mother, she embarks on a turbulent journey in her small plane.
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Screenings
Girls Go Movie Festival 2019 - Mannheim, Germany
Screen.Time 2020 - Ludwigsburg, Germany
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