Gestalt, indeed! Bold and subtle, this graphically grabbing student short blends a lo-fi approach with the high fidelity of polish, classic framing and story. Hitchcock might even approve. One of the superpowers of animation is to communicate a whole lot with very little. We certainly look forward to more daring prison-breaks from the norms of technique from director Nils Knoblich.


Credits:

Direction & Design: Nils Knoblich
Script: Nils Knoblich & Stephan Hanf
Production: Nils Knoblich & Stephan Hanf & Kunsthochschule Kassel
Animation: Nils Knoblich, Florian Maubach, Olga Gelwer
Set and Puppet Construction: Florian Maubach, Olga Gelwer, Marie Kersting
Music Production: Georg Conrad
Violin: Josefine Knoblich
Sound Effects: Steffen Martin
Artistic Advice: Thomas Meyer-Hermann, Martina Bramkamp, Hendrik Dorgathen
Funded by Hessische Filmförderung

Awards:

Best International Animated Short Award at Festival Internacional de Cine de Monterrey, MEX
Winner of Audience award in the category Animated and Experimental films Students at GoEast Wiesbaden, DE
Yuhan College President Prize – Puchon International Student Animation Festival, KOR

Blog written by Vera Long