Directed by Pauline Kortmann
Edgar is not getting a lot of attention and affection from his parents, as they prefer spending time with their smartphones and laptops than with their son. In the forest, a fox helps lonely Edgar until his parents suddenly get a wake-up call.
Website: www.foxforedgar.de
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Fox for Edgar
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MISHOU
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TRACING ADDAI
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NEST
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Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten - Titles
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Bango Vassil
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Eine Villa mit Pinien
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Time Context
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CHERRY OH
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DAME MIT HUND
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Once i dreamt of Life - Animation Trailer
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Rising Hope
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JOST ALTHOFF SHOWREEL
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BEAUTIFUL
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MÖWEN
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Deutsche Bahn - S4
Fox for Edgar
short film 2D computer drawn animation 7:43 min © Pauline Kortmann 2021
- Animation: Pauline Kortmann, Ulf Grenzer, Milen Vitanov, Jost Althoff
- Backgrounds: Pauline Kortmann
- Illustrations: Sandra Brandstätter
- Additional Compositing: Sonja Rohleder
- Script Consultant: Annette Friedmann
- Color Consultant: Jan Schneider
- Featuring songs by: Zoe Keating
- Sound design & mix: Michał Krajczok
- Foley Artist: Daniel Weis
- Foley Recordist: Hanse Warns
- Voices: Beatrice Matis, Sonja Rohleder, Marco Rosenberg
- Color Grading & Finishing: Viktor Gette
FESTIVALS:
- Goldener Spatz Deutsches Kinder Medien Festival 2021
- Zlín Film Festival International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2021
AWARDS:
- Best short film at Goldener Spatz – Deutsches Kinder Medien Festival
Time Context
Image Film 3D Computer 3:27 min 2016
Directed by Pauline Kortmann and Jan Koester
Image film for a data organizing software, Time Context.
Image film for a data organizing software, Time Context.
- Director, Design, Storyboard: Pauline Kortmann
- Director, Animation: Jan Koester
- Music: Michał Krajczok
Bango Vassil
short film 8:30 min © Talking Animals & Vitanov Productions 2016
The adventure of the Romany girl Ati and the Bulgarian boy Emil on one different and unexpected New Year’s Eve.
- Directed by: Milen Vitanov and Vera Trajanova
- Writen by: Vera Trajanova & Milen Vitanov
- Sound & Mix: Vensan Mazmanyan
- Music: Ivo Papazov Ibriama
- Backgrounds: Inês Gomes Ferreira
- Director of Photography: Olaf Aue
- Editor: Jens Prausnitz
- Producer: Samuel Weikopf and Milen Vitanov
- Animation: Milen Vitanov, Ulf Grenzer, Marie Josephine Tucholsky, Yordan Brankovski, Nayden Nikolov, Dalibor Raininger
FESTIVALS:
- Bienniale Of Animation, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Animacam Animation Short Film Festival Santiago de Compostela
- Athens Animfest, athens, Greece
- Kids Animation Section at Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Minsk, Belarus
- Youngabout International Film Festival Bologna, Italy
- ONE Country ONE Film Issoire, France
- Landshutter Filmfestival, Landshut, Germany
- Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Regensburg, Germany
- Int.Film Festival for Children and Youth KINOLUB, Poland
- River Film Festival Padova, Italy
- Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosovo
- ALPINALE Short Film Festival, Austria
- Manlleu Film Festival, Spain
- Int.Film Festival SCHLINGEL in Chemnitz, Germany
- BEAST - International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal
FESTIVALS:
- Uppsala International Short Film, Sweden
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA
- Olympia Int. Film Festival, Greece
- Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest, Italy
- Tlanchana Fest Metepec, Mexico
- BOGOSHORTS Bogota Short Film Festival, Colombia
- Un poing c'est court, Vaulx en Velin, France
- Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, France
- Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany
- "Longue Vue sur le court" Intl.Film Festival, Montreal, Canada
- Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy
- New York Int'l Children's Film Festival, USA
- IN THE PALACE Short film festival - Baltchik, Bulgaria
- Cinekid - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Timishorts, Timisoara, Romania
- Children’s Film Festival Seattle, USA REDCAT Int'l Children’s Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
Deutsche Bahn - S4
explanation film 2D/3D cutout animation 1:45 min Client: Bayerl in Hamburg
Concept & Script: Jan Koester & Pauline Kortmann
Hamburg needs a new suburban railway line! This film explains why.
Hamburg needs a new suburban railway line! This film explains why.
- Design & Storyboard: Pauline Kortmann
- Animation & Compositing: Jan Koester
Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten - Titles
Opening Titles Drawn 1:43 min © Lieblingsfilm 2014
Animation directed by Pauline Kortmann
Title sequence for the feature film "Rico, Oskar und der Tieferschatten"
Title sequence for the feature film "Rico, Oskar und der Tieferschatten"
- Producer: Lieblingsfilm
- Concept: Jakob Schuh, Neele Leana Vollmer
- Animation Director, Producer: Pauline Kortmann
- Compositing: Jan Koester
- Animation Cleanup: Veronica Solomon
- Backgrounds: Peter Schössow
- Additional Backgrounds: Sebastian Koch
Eine Villa mit Pinien
Short Film Mixed Media 12:58 min © Hauptfilm & Jan Koester 2016
Directed by Jan Koester
Stereoscopic short film made of 2000 watercolour painted pages.
Coward bird and courageous lion break into a villa at nighttime without having the slightest clue what's going on there.
Stereoscopic short film made of 2000 watercolour painted pages.
Coward bird and courageous lion break into a villa at nighttime without having the slightest clue what's going on there.
- Director, Animation: Jan Koester
- Producer: Christine Haupt
- Actors: Christoph Letkowski, Paolo Masini, Johanna von Gagern, Anna Luisa Schmidt
- Voices: Christoph Letkowski, Anja Taschenberg, Jan Koester
- Camera: Alex Hill
- Music: Ralf Hildenbeutel
- Sound: Michał Krajczok
FESTIVALS:
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Internationales Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
- Exground Wiesbaden
- Interfilm Festival Berlin
- Flickerfest Sidney, Australia
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival
- Short Film Slam Hamburg
AWARDS:
- ARTE Award at IKFF Hamburg
- Audience Award at IKFF Hamburg
- SAE Award for best use of digital technology at Flickerfest
- Special Award at Exground Wiesbaden
- Audience Award at Short Film Slam, Hamburg
CHERRY OH
Music Video Mixed Media 3:41 min © Warner Music 2014
Directed by Jan Koester
Music Video for Seeed - "Cherry Oh 2014".
The cruel nature disturbs a peaceful garden barbecue party.
Music Video for Seeed - "Cherry Oh 2014".
The cruel nature disturbs a peaceful garden barbecue party.
- Directing, Compositing: Jan Koester
- Compositing: Sonja Rohleder
- Animation: Anna Luisa Schmidt, Korn, Jan Koester
Once i dreamt of Life - Animation Trailer
Animation Sequences 2D cutout 12:00 min © Mouka Filmi 2014
Animation Directed by Gregor Dashuber
"Once I Dreamt Of Life" is a feature length documentary film about suicide - a subject that people rarely want to talk about. It’s an account about one’s personal relation to suicide, but also studies suicide as social phenomena: What are the motives, warning signs and consequences? The film follows the journey of a young man, an animated character based on a real person, on his path towards suicide. The journey is described by people who’ve had encounters with suicide - parents who lost their child, young adults who considered or even tried committing suicide.
Official website of the film: onceidreamtoflife.com
"Once I Dreamt Of Life" is a feature length documentary film about suicide - a subject that people rarely want to talk about. It’s an account about one’s personal relation to suicide, but also studies suicide as social phenomena: What are the motives, warning signs and consequences? The film follows the journey of a young man, an animated character based on a real person, on his path towards suicide. The journey is described by people who’ve had encounters with suicide - parents who lost their child, young adults who considered or even tried committing suicide.
Official website of the film: onceidreamtoflife.com
- Animation Director: Gregor Dashuber
- Animation/ Compositing: Sonja Rohleder
- Animation/ Compositing: Jan Koester
- Animation/ Compositing: Annette Jung
- Background Painting: Giulia Valenti
- Animation: Veronika Samartseva
- Animation/ Compositing: Samuel Weikopf
- Sounddesign: Michal Krajczok
- Mixing: Marian Mentrup
MÖWEN
Music Video 2D handdrawn 3:20 min © Universal Music 2015
Directed by Gregor Dashuber
Music Video for Georg auf Lieder.
Music Video for Georg auf Lieder.
- Director: Gregor Dashuber
- Producer/Editor/Compositor: Samuel Weikopf
- Animation: Ines Ferreira, Giulia Valenti
- Camera: Waldemar Bruch
Rising Hope
short film 10:00 min © Talking Animals 2012
Directed by Milen Vitanov
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.
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.
- Directed by: Milen Vitanov
- Technical Director: Dennis Rettkowski
- DOP: Olaf Aue
- Sound: Michał Krajczok
- Musik: Marian Mentrup and Stefan Maria Schneider
FESTIVALS:
- Berlinale International Film Festival
- Atlanta Film Festival, USA
- Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
- SICAF Seoul Int.Cartoon&Animation Festival
- DOK-Leipzig 2012, Germany
- Clermont-Ferrand 2012, France
- Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis 2013, Germany
- KROK Int. Animation Film Festival 2012, Ukraine
- Encounters Film Festival 2012, Bristol, UK
- Rhode Island International Film Festival 2012, USA
- Curtas Vila do Conde 2012, Vila do Conde, Portugal
AWARDS:
- "Cartoons & Sport" Cartoon on the Bay 2012, Italy
- Best Animated Film, Young Jury Award at Rhode Island Int. Film Festival 2012, USA
- Audience Award for Best Short Film - The 24 hours of Nuremberg Int. Short Film Festival 2012, Germany
- Award of the Junior Jury for Best Short Film - Capalbio Cinema International Film Festival 2012, Italy
- Best Film at the Animacam, International Animation Festival 2013, in Ourense, Spain
MISHOU
short film 2D animation & stop motion 8 min © Milen Vitanov, ZDF, Activist38 2007
Directed by Milen Vitanov
The lives of four lively arctic hares take a turn after discovering a strange new creature.
The lives of four lively arctic hares take a turn after discovering a strange new creature.
- Created by: Milen Vitanov and Vera Trajanova
- Directed and animated by: Milen Vitanov
AWARDS:
- Grand Prize for our Best Children's Animation at Rhode Island Film Festival 2020 USA
- Gryphon Award - Best Short Film Elements+3 at Giffoni Film Festival 2020 Italy
- FRIESE Award at Mo&Friese Film Festival Hamburg 2021 Germany
- Best Family Short at Cleveland International Film Festival 2021
- Colour Box Audience Award at Flatpack Festival, UK 2021
- Best Animation on Feel The Reel Intl Film Festival, UK and Romania 2021
- Movie review (in German) at Testkammer
- Interview (in German) at Testkammer
FESTIVALS:
- MISHOU had great premiere at the Berlin Film Festival BERLINALE in February 2020.
- Sarajevo Film Festival 2020, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Film Festival Della Lessinia 2020, Italy
- Rhode Island Intl. Film Festival 2020, USA
- In The Palace 2020 Varna, Bulgaria
- SCHLINGEL - Chemnitz 2020, Germany
- Festival of Animation Berlin 2020, Germany
- Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma - Montreal 2020, Canada
- DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany 2020
- Cork, Cork, Ireland, 2020
- Cinanima, Portugal 2020
- Animest, Romania 2020
- FACETS, Chicago, USA 2020
- Giffoni, Italy 2020
- Athens Int. Children's Film Festival, Greece 2020
- Prisma, Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden 2020
- Discovery, Dundee, Scottland 2020
- Uppsala Intl Film Festival, Sweden 2020
- Minimalen Film festival, Norway 2020
- Mo&Friese Children's Film Festival Hamburg, Germany 2020
- Festival International du film pour Enfants de Montreal (FIFEM) Canada 2021
- Cleveland International Film Festival, USA 2021
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, Norway 2021
- St. Louis Intl Film Festival, USA 2021
- Atlanta Film Festival, USA 2021
- MONSTRINHA of Monstra Lisbon, Portugal 2021
- Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan, 2021
- Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2021
- REGARD - International Short Film Festival in Saguenay 2021
- PLAY - Festival Internacional de Cinema Infantil & Juvenil de Lisboa 2021
- ITFS Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart, Germany 2021
- Filmfestival Dresden, Germany 2021
- Huesca International Film Festival, Spain 2021
TRACING ADDAI
SHORT FILMROTOSCOPY2D30:00 MIN© HFF KONRAD WOLF 2018
A true story about a war and the tragic impact it has on the lives of three people.
A production of the Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in co-production with Rundfunk-Berlin Brandenburg (rbb), funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
- Director: Esther Niemeier
- Producer: Britta Strampe
- Montage: Sarah-Christin Peter
- Writers: Esther Niemeier, Sarah-Christin Peter, Britta Strampe
- Camera: Omri Aloni
- Storyboard: Gregor Dashuber
- Commissioning Editor: Rolf Bergmann
- Animation Director: Jan Koester
- Animation: Ines Gomes Ferreira, Laurine Kotte, Sonja Rohleder, Deniz Zagli, Anne Isensee, Gregor Dashuber, Dennis Zagli, Jan Koester
- Sound: Alexandra Praet
- Music: Robert Pilgram
- Mixing: Christoph de la Chevallerie
- Line Producer: Andrea Wohlfeil
AWARDS:
- Student Academy Award Finalist (Foreign Documentary)
- Tampere Film Festival – International Competition * Winner Audience Award
- International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte – Spotlight Production * Winner Best Production
- Docaviv International Shorts Competition * Winner Best Short
- Open Eyes Marburg * 1st Documentary Audience Award
- Shortynale Klosterneuburg * Special Jury Award
- FILMZ Mainz * Bester Dokumentarfilm
AWARDS:
- First Steps Award * Nominations for Best Documentary, Best Production (NO FEAR Award)
- Milano Film Festival * Audience Award
- Animatou International Animation Film Festival * Special Mention
- Konstanzer kurz.film.spiele * Audience Award
- video/film tage Mainz * Sonderpreis der Landeszentrale für Politische Bildung
- Nordische Filmtage Lübeck * CineStar-Preis für den besten Kurzfilm
BEAUTIFUL
Music Video Mixed Media 3:27 min © Warner Music 2012
Directed by Jan Koester
Music Video for Seeed - "Beautiful".
In this steampunk adventure the band drives through an abandoned city on a kinetic machine.
Music Video for Seeed - "Beautiful".
In this steampunk adventure the band drives through an abandoned city on a kinetic machine.
- Producer, Director, Screenplay, Compositing, Animation: Jan Koester
- Technical Director, 3D Backgrounds, Animation: Dennis Rettkowski
- Backgrounddesign, Storyboard: Gregor Dashuber
- Assistant Director, Compositing, 3D Tracking: Sonja Rohleder
- Costumes, Backgroundpainting: Veronika Samartseva
- Costumes, Backgroundpainting: Ines Gomes Ferreira
- 2D animation, paint artist: Annette Jung
- Production Management: Moritz Mayer
- Camera: Sebastian Klatt
- Camera Assistent: Olaf von Voss
- Gaffer: Marc Lontzek
- Lighting Technician: Waldemar Bruch
- Stunt Coordinator: Ralf Haeger
- Data Wrangler, Camera, Making-Of: Beatriz Barragan
- Intern Compositing: Jana Kritchever
- Intern 2D Animation: Anaiis Poilpre
DAME MIT HUND
Short Film 2D Computer 3:00 min © Sonja Rohleder 2014
Directed and animated by Sonja Rohleder
A woman walks her dog in the park, where she meets a man she would have liked to avoid. English title: Walk the Dog
A woman walks her dog in the park, where she meets a man she would have liked to avoid. English title: Walk the Dog
- Sounddesign: Michał Krajczok
- Animation: Sonja Rohleder & Veronica Solomon
- Distribution/Sales: KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V.
- Voices: Ivan Baio, Alberto Picciau, Francesca Pili, Ivana Mescalchin
FESTIVALS:
- Filmfest Dresden
- Festival of Animated Films Stuttgart
- Anifest
- International Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg
- Festival Plein La Bobine
- Odense International Film Festival
AWARDS:
- DEFA Promotion Prize Animation at Filmfest Dresden
- Special Mention of the National Youth Jury at Filmfest Dresden
NEST
Short Film 2D Computer 4:10 min © Sonja Rohleder 2019
Directed and animated by Sonja Rohleder
A slightly naive paradise bird is going out of his way to attract a mate.
- Animation: Sonja Rohleder
- Music: Jens Heuler
- Mixing: Michał Krajczok
- Additional instruments: Silke Büscherhoff and Esther Remmen
FESTIVALS:
- Berlinale
- Annecy
- MONSTRA
- FEST - New Directors
- Cannes
- Curtas Vila do Conde
- Ottawa International Animation Festival
- Goldener Spatz
- Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
- Guanajuato International Film Festival
- Turku Animated Film Festival
- Milano filmfestival
- BFI London Film Festival
- Short Tiger 2019