SHORT GERMAN ANIMATIONS IN ANNECY
In 2016, an impressive line-up of fourteen German animated short films will be presented in the official selection of the Festival International du Film d’Animation in Annecy (13-18 June 2016), which is one of the most important festivals for animated film worldwide. With BAMBUSTEMPELSTRASSE by Baoying Bilgeri, DIE GESCHICHTE VOM FUCHS, DER DEN VERSTAND VERLOR by Christian Asmussen and Matthias Bruhn, KAPUTT by Volker Schlecht and Alexander Lahl, as well as SPOON by Markus Kempken there are four German shorts competing for the “Cristal d’Annecy” in the International Competition. Another four German shorts have been invited to the competition for graduation films: AN EYE FOR AN EYE by Steve Bache, Luise Peter and Mahyar Goudarzi, FRANKFURTER STR. 99A by Evgenia Gostrer, MAZIER by Anja Grosswig, and WHAT THEY BELIEVE by Shoko Hara. Among the Commissioned Films in Competition are FMX 2016 “JAZZ ORGIE” by Irina Rubina, ITFS 2015 “FLEISCHWELT” by Ara Jo, LANDGRABBING by Lisa Schaffner, as well as the German-US co-production OTTO “THE LETTER” by Marie Hyon and Marco Spier. For the TV Films in Competition, PLAYMOBIL “PIRATES — DER FILM” by Regina Welker has been selected. TRIAL & ERROR by Antje Heyn will be screened out of competition.
For the ninth time, the AG Kurzfilm – German Short Film Association is once again, together with German Films, present with a booth at the festival’s film market MIFA (Marché International du Film d’Animation). This meeting point for the German and the international animation scene has developed into an asset for its visitors, providing useful information on German animated film, German filmmakers and a range of other important contacts. On the occasion of the festival, the German Short Film Association and German Films will once more publish a preview DVD with recent German animated short films. The ninth edition of the DVD “New German Animations” addresses festival representatives, curators and buyers and is available at the MIFA stand and from the AG Kurzfilm office upon request.