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College Contest III - Animations HESSI
JAMES / COCKNEY JAMES High Noon in the Arizona desert: Cowboy John G. Tucker is a notorious gunslinger. But there is always someone who is faster - though not necessarily with a gun... The script for this Western from Hessen originates from the cult comedy duo Badesalz. The film was successful at numerous international festivals and received the FFA-short film award 2001in the animation category. Johannes Weiland has been studying anmation at the film academy since 1998..
DIE
BAUCHTÄNZERIN / THE BELLYDANCER A puppet film about a painter who only paints bellydancers and a gallery owner who is unable to sell these paintings. Through a magical influence both of them do big business - good luck seems near. The film received the German College award for best production at the Munich College festival in 2001. Fritz Penzlin has been studying animation at the HFF "Konrad Wolf" since 1996, THE BELLYDANCER is his preliminary diploma film.
SING
SING SING In this animation with plasticine figures, the quiet life of a tailor who loves singing and appreciates order is being disturbed. A mermaid of all things gets in her way. SING SING SING is the practical final work by Roswitha Menzel in the animation course at the HFF "Konrad Wolf". The music was recorded by the Film Orchestra Babelsberg, conducted by Bernd Wefelmeyer.
PELOCO
The "Monkey-Punk's" hair is the object of desire for a corpulent, mighty doctor. A fight breaks out. The arena, a green padded cell, becomes the scene of the seemingly unfair clash. Christian Fischer has been studying at the film academy since 1996. Maud Gravereaux already has a diploma for animation film from Paris, and has been a guest student at the film academy.
EIGHT
MILES HIGH "KATALOG" / EIGHT MILES HIGH "CATALOGUE"
Accompanying the music project "Eight Miles High" by Roman Flügel, the 3D-Animation sketches urban spaces at night, using a minimalistic language of forms, and lets the viewer dive deep into the life underneath the city lights. The video was created as part of the term project "Learning from the Clip" at the college for design where Domingo Molina Cortés has been studying since 1996. His video films and -installations have been shown at exhibits in Frankfurt, Munich, New York and Tokyo.
ARCHIVIERUNG.01
/ RECORD KEEPING.01 Analogue sound devices make music together in this 3D animation, record it and play it back simultaneously. The music consists completely of sampled sounds. The devices themselves create noises which they are able to sample. The design is being created in a similar way. It is being sampled and archived. The video was created as part of the term project "Learning from the Clip" at the college for design where Sascha Langer has been studying visual communication since 1998.
SALLY
BURTON Every evening when dusk wraps around the idyllic small town like a cloak and it has become quiet, Sally Burton dares to go outside. She avoids people and light. Unrecognized she darts through the dark streets to a secret place where frightening trees whisper many mysterious things to her. Anna Kubik has been studying animation at the camera faculty of the PWSFTViT in Lódz since 1997. Since 2000 she is an exchange student at the film academy in the computer animation faculty.
NARODZINY
NARODU / GEBURT EINER NATION / THE BIRTH OF THE NATION In this minimalistic 3D animation, several points multiply themselves. A dramatically choreographed ballet of points shows the birth, rise and decline of a nation. Kamil Polak studies animation at the PWSFTViT in his second year.
MOUSE A man and his pet, a mouse, move to a new city. But this isn't your average city! The inhabitants have the most eccentric and beautiful pets, and so nobody pays attention to the man with his plain mouse and he becomes an outsider. Thereupon he creates a gigantic animal for himself, and wins his fellow inhabitant's affection. But this recognition has its price. Wojtek Wawszczyk studied animation at the PWSFTViT until 2001 and spent one year as an exchange student at the film academy in the computer animation faculty. MOUSE is his finals film and a co-production of both colleges.
SOFA An absurd cartoon film, which simultaneously and in parallel pictures observes the events on the sofa in two neighbouring living rooms. A woman with a cat and a man. They are bored and they aren't aware of each other. But can worlds be divided by walls? The film won the 3rd audience prize at the Frankfurt Filmschau in 2002. Hyekung Jung has been studying animation film in the visual communication faculty at the art college since 1996.
HARARA In a hospital in Cairo, an archeologist suffers horrible hallucinations caused by fever. In his dreams he once again travels to the pharaoh's grave and meets his own demons there. Andreas Kaiser had been studying animation at the film academy until 1999. HARARA is his diploma film, finished in 2000.
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DNA / BIS AUF DEN BODEN DER TASSE / TO THE CUP'S BOTTOM The cartoon deals with the relationships between man and woman from a very unusual point of view. Who is the "stronger" sex here, and where is it drawn to? Jana Slovenská studies animation at the VŠMU.
AKO
SA KEDYSI PRALO A MOŽNO AJ BUDE PRAT' / WIE SIE DIE WÄSCHE GEWASCHEN
HABEN UND WIE SIE ES VIELLEICHT TUN WERDEN / HOW THEY USED TO DO
LAUNDRY AND HOW THEY WILL DO LAUNDRY An old woman washes her laundry in a river. The cartoon remembers our grandmother's generation; they had to clean their laundry without the aid of washing machines. Michael Uhrín has been studying animation at the VŠMU since 1998. AKO SA KEDYSI PRALO A MOŽNO AJ BUDE PRAT' is his first animation film.
LÍŠKYLOVENIE
/ FUCHSJAGD / Fox Hunting This cartoon deals with movement and speed. Wild animals hunt a fox. Even his inherent speed cannot save him at the end. Details about Michael Uhrín: see AKO SA KEDYSI PRALO A MOŽNO AJ BUDE PRAT'.
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RAD / ROCKS Hew and Kew are made of stone and are sitting on a mountain. They look down to the valley below and watch with great interest what's going on around them. All of a sudden, people appear in this unspoilt landscape - and the story develops from there. DAS RAD received the rating "Besonders Wertvoll" (Especially valuable) from the board of film classification. Caligari: 13.04. 22.00 Uhr |
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