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THE ANIMATED FILM FEST
ON TOUR!
TOUR PROGRAMME
Since 2006, the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film has been
organising a yearly tour programme with a selection of the best
animated films from the previous festival which is presented worldwide.
The tour comprises two programmes: Best of International
Competition and the BW Reel with the best films made in Baden-
Wuerttemberg and the Stuttgart region, Germany. Alongside exciting
impressions of the Festival, the viewers get to watch all of the
trailers – exclusively produced for the festival at the Filmakademie
Baden-Wuerttemberg they were met with a lot of enthusiasm by
the audience thanks to their high quality.
THE STUTTGART FESTIVAL
OF ANIMATED FILM
The festival was founded in 1982 and has become a vital
event for animated film film in Germany as well as one of the the most
important festivals for animated film around the world. On six
festival days, almost 1,000 international films are screened
with directors and producers attending the screenings. The
whole range of animated films is on offer – from animated
short films, student and children’s films to feature films and
TV series as well as commercials.
As the biggest event of its kind in Germany, the Stuttgart Festival
of Animated Film reaches around 80,000 viewers and roughly
2,000 accredited guests. For years, the high-profile programme
and the unique festival atmosphere with the big LED screen,
centrally located at Stuttgart’s Schlossplatz have been earning
praise and appreciation from filmmakers and people from the
industry sector, press and audience alike. The Stuttgart Festival
of Animated Film is considered as a popular meeting point and
networking opportunity for the animated film industry around
the world.
The 20th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film will take
place from 23 – 28 April, 2013
For more information please visit: www.ITFS.de
BEST OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
…is a collection of the best international animated short fi lms from the Stuttgart
Festival of Animated Film 2012. The programme includes the whole spectrum of
animation techniques – from 3D computer animation to classical hand-drawn
cel animation.
1. ATLAS
Aike Arndt // Germany 2011, 8:22 min. // 2D computer Animation, drawn on fi lm //
production: Aike Arndt // Awards: 1. Prize German Competition, interfi lm Berlin 2011;
SWR Audience Award, Stuttgart 2012
The gods are celebrating their victory over the titans. Their leader Atlas is sentenced to
hold up the sky. However something strange starts to happen at his feet…
2. ROMANCE
Georges Schwizgebel // Switzerland 2011, 7:10 min. // drawn on paper, cell
animation // producers: Marc Bertrand, Georges Schwizgebel // production: Studio
GDS, National Film Board of Canada NFB, La Radio Télévision Suisse RTS // Awards:
Prix du meilleur court métrage professionnel, Anima Bruxelles 2012; Génie du Meilleur
court métrage d’animation 2012, Académie canadienne du cinéma et de la télévision,
Montréal 2012; Genève, Prix du Public (comp. suisse), Animatou Festival international
du fi lm d’animation, Genève 2011
A casual meeting on a plane and watching a movie turns into a virtual romance.
3. ABUELAS / GRANDMAS
Afarin Eghbal // Great Britain 2011, 9:14 min. // Pixilation, mixed media //
producer: Kasia Malipan // production: National Film and Television School
NFTS // Awards: Audience Award for Best British Film, London International
Animation Festival 2011; Jury Grand Prize for Best Documentary Short, Austin
Film Festival, Texas 2011; Special Golden Jabberwocky for Best Student
Animation, Krakow International Film Festival 2011
In Buenos Aires, an old woman looks forward to becoming a grandmother.
However, political events force her to wait over 30 years.
4. FATA MORGANA
Frodo Kuipers // Netherlands 2011, 4:17 min. // ink on paper //
producer: Chris Mouw // production: il Luster Productions
Burning in the desert sun, Eduardo – a lemonade seller – is fi ghting the urge to drink
his last bottle of refreshing lemonade. When a thirsty client comes crawling to his
stand, Eduardo tricks him out of his money and the drink – but the plan backfi res at
Eduardo…
5. LUMINARIS
Julian Pablo Zaramella // Argentina 2011, 6:20 min. // Stop Motion, Pixilation //
producers: Sol Rulloni, Mario Rulloni // production: JPZtudio //
Awards: Best Animation, ANIMA MUNDI 2011 (Brasil); Mejor Animación, Premio
Distribución, Festival Internacional de Cortos de Olavarría FICO 2011 (Argentina);
Audience Award and Fipresci Award, Annecy 2011
In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change
the natural order of things.
6. A MORNING STROLL
Grant Orchard // Great Britain 2011, 6:47 min. // 2D/ 3D Computer Animation
// producer: Sue Goffe // production: Studio Aka // Awards: BAFTA for Short Film
Animation, UK 2012; Golden Horseman of the Audience, Filmfest Dresden 2012; Best
Short Film, Cartoons on the Bay, Pulcinella 2012; Jury Prize in Animated Short Film,
Sundance Festival 2012
When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we’re left to wonder
which one is the real city slicker
7. HELDENKANZLER
Benjamin Swiczinsky // Germany 2011, 12:46 min. // 2D Animation, archive material
// producer: Hanna Kaesemann // production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg //
Awards: Best German Animation, DOK Leipzig 2011; Future Film Short, Premio
Provincia di Bologna 2012; Lotte Reiniger Förderpreis, Stuttgart 2012
HELDENKANZLER is based on the true story of Engelbert Dollfuss who tried to enforce
his fascist dictatorship in Austria in the 1930s.
8. KEHA MÄLU / BODY MEMORY
Ülo Pikkov // Estonia 2011, 9:25 min. // puppet animation // producer: Arvo Nuut //
production: Nukufi lm OÜ // Awards: Best Animation Film, 34th Clermont-Ferrand Short
Film Festival, France 2012; Meckatzer Lena Weiss Award for Humanity, Stuttgart 2012;
Silver Dragon for Best Director, 52nd Krakow Film Festival, Poland 2012
Our body remembers more than we can expect and imagine. It also remembers the
sorrow and pain of the predecessors, sustaining the stories of our parents and grandparents
as well as their ancestors.
9. POSLEDNÝ AUTOBUS / THE LAST BUS
Martin Snopek, Ivana Lauciková // Slovakia 2011, 16:00 min. // Pixilation, Computer
Animation // producer: Ivana Lauciková // production: Feel Me Film // Awards: Prix
de la Jeunesse, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2012; Grand Prix, International
Competition Stuttgart 2012
It’s the start of the hunting season. The animals of the forest board a small bus and fl ee
to safety. When hunters stop the bus in the middle of the night, its passengers reveal
their true natures in fear for their lives.
10. RISING HOPE
Milen Vitanov // Germany 2012, 10:00 min. // 3D Computer Animation // producers:
Marian Mentrup, Stefan Maria Schneider // production: HFF „Konrad Wolf“ Potsdam-
Babelsberg, ZDF Siebenstein, Talking Animals // Awards: Pulcinella Award „Cartoons &
Sport“, Cartoons on the Bay Festival, Rapallo, Italy 2012
RISING HOPE, who used to bet he fastest horse in the world, suddenly turns into a
loser. With the help of a new friend – a jack-of-all-trades hound – he fi nds hope and
himself again.
11. FLAMINGO PRIDE
Tomer Eshed // Germany 2011, 6:02 min. // 3D Computer Animation // producer:
Dennis Rettkowski // production: HFF „Konrad Wolf“ Potsdam-Babelsberg // Awards:
Audience Award for Best Student Short Film, ANIMA Bruxelles, Belgium 2012; Murnau
Short Film Award, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation 2012; Best Short, CG Competition,
Short Shorts Film Festival Tokio 2012
Frustrated being the only straight fl amingo in a gay fl ock the hero falls in love with
a lady stork that fl ies by. Unable to convince her of his serious intentions he isolates
himself and goes through an identity crisis. An intense encounter inspires him to do
a bold move.
BW-REEL
BEST OF ANIMATION BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
The BW-Reel programme comprises animated fi lms from Baden-Württemberg which
were produced last year and shows the diversity of the Baden-Württemberg and
Stuttgart animation scene.
1. THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD
Johannes Weiland, Uwe Heidschötter // Great Britain, Germany 2011, 26:18 min. //
3D Computer Animation // producers: Michael Rose, Martin Pope // production: Magic
Light Pictures Ltd. // Awards: crystal for “Best TV Special”, Festival International du
Film d’Animation d’Annecy 2012; Audience Award, New York International Children’s
Film Festival 2012; Best Long-form Animation, British Animation Awards BAA 2012
A little Gruffelo ignores her father’s warnings and tiptoes out into the
snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse.
2. 366 TAGE / 366 DAYS
Johannes Friedrich Schiehsl // Germany 2011, 12:12
min. // 3D Computer Animation // producers: Johannes
Friedrich Schiehsl // production: Filmakademie Baden-
Württemberg // Awards: Hamburg Animation Award 2012;
Best Student Film Bradford Film Festival 2011
Starting his social work as paramedic, young Patrick soon
comes in contact with patients that are all suffering from
the same problem: loneliness. As he tries to help, he gets
himself into relationships that are way more demanding than
expected.
3. ZING
Kyra Buschor, Cynthia Collins // Germany 2011, 7:31 min. // 3D Computer Animation
// producer: Philipp Wolf // production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg // Awards:
Tricks for Kids – Best Animation for Children, Stuttgart 2012
Day in, day out, Mr. Grimm is busy with his job as the Reaper, harvesting people‘s lives.
One day, his monotonous existence is interrupted by the door bell. It‘s a little girl. She
wants her cat back. Little does she know that she‘s the next life on Mr. Grimm‘s list.
4. OLGASTRASSE 18 / OLGASTREET 18
Liv Scharbatke, Jörg Rambaum // Germany 2011, 4:05 min. // Pixilation // producers:
Liv Scharbatke, Jörg Rambaum // production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg //
Awards: Special Jury Mention Sound/Music ReAnimania Yerevan 2011, Short Tiger
2012 (german fi lms + FFA)
OLGASTRASSE 18 tells the story of a family through the metamorphosis of its fl at,
but without showing its residents
5. THAT’S THE BEAT
Karin Csernohorski // Germany 2011, 2:20 min. // Stop Motion // producer: Karin
Csernohorski.
THAT’S THE BEAT is the video of the same-titled song of the Austrian 60s Garage-Trash
and Rock ‘n’ Roll Band „The Incredible Staggers”. It’s the fi rst video of the BEAT CIRCUS
series.
6. TRAPPED
Alexander Dietrich, Johannes Flick // Germany 2011, 7:11 min. // 3D Computer
Animation, Realset // producer: Cosima Degler // production: Filmakademie Baden-
Württemberg
Fox and Rabbit live in an everlasting confl ict. However one day they’ve got to stand
united against an even stronger opponent who is threatening them both. One thing
leads to another – and the time of revenge has come for the feeble bird who has been
harmed and mocked by everyone.
7. KRAKE / OCTOPUS
Regina Welker // Germany 2012, 9:10 min. // 2D/ 3D Computer Animation //
producer: Iris Frisch // production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Diagnosis of OCTOPUS. But the little girl does not realize how serious her situation is.
Her Octopus is a part of her and she forgets about the disease – until the vicious friend
gets out of hand
8. DIE PRINZESSIN UND DER DRACHE /
THE PRINCESS AND THE DRAGON
Jakob Schuh, Bin-Han To // Germany 2011, 7:10 min. // 2D Animation // producers:
Carsten Bunte, Jakob Schuh // production: Studio Soi Filmproduktion
A dragon and a princess converge.
9. TOM UND DAS ERDBEERMARMELADEBROT MIT
HONIG: TOM & BONGO / TOMS TOMS BALLONFAHRT /
TOM & THE SLICE SLICE OF BREAD BREAD WITH STRAWBERRY
JAM AND HONEY: TOM & BONGO / TOM’S BAL- BAL-
LOON RIDE
Andreas Hykade // Germany 2011, 9:52 min. //
2D Computer Animation // producer: Thomas Meyer- Meyer-
Hermann // production: Studio Film Bilder GmbH
In the fi rst episode TOM helps the big frog Bongo,
because he has hurt himself. However TOM’s friendship
with Bongo requires him to make a great sacrifi ce in the
second episode.
Organiser:
Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH
Stephanstraße 33
70173 Stuttgart
Tel: +49 (0)711. 925 46-0
Fax: +49 (0)711. 925 46-150
kontakt@festival-gmbh.de
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung:
MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg
Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart