Grandpère
Grandfather
Switzerland, September 2013
FILM,
Animation,
6 min.
- directed by
- Kathrin Hürlimann
- Written by
- Kathrin Hürlimann
- Status
- In distribution
Grandfather was an employee at the Hottingen telephone switchboard in the 1960s. The conditions at his workplace became such an increasing burden for him that he saw no other way out but arson. The biographical short film interweaves animation with historical documents.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2013
- Original Version
- Swiss-German (french/english/german subtitles), colour and b/w, DCP, 6 min.
- Production
- HSLU Studienbereich BA Animation Hochschule Luzern – Design Film Kunst, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- François Chalet, Gerd Gockell, Jürgen Haas
- directed by
- Kathrin Hürlimann
- Written by
- Kathrin Hürlimann
- Cinematography
- Kathrin Hürlimann
- Editing
- Kathrin Hürlimann
- Sound Editing
- Kathrin Hürlimann
- Sound Design
- Thomas Gassmann, Kathrin Hürlimann
- Re-Recording Mix
- Thomas Gassmann
- Music
- Adrian Pfisterer
- Animation
- Kathrin Hürlimann, Luca Bartulovic, Martine Ulmer
- Techniques
- Drawn animation, Mixed technique
Cast
Lea Whitcher as voice
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- HSLU Studienbereich BA Animation
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- HSLU Studienbereich BA Animation Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Upcoming Film Makers, Luzerner Filmpreis 2. Rang 2013 (Winner)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Succès Zürich - 3. Platz Kurzfilm 2014 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Berlin, 31. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin
10.11.2015 - 15.11.2015 -
7. Shortynale Kurzfilmfestival Klosterneuburg
12.08.2015 - 15.08.2015 -
Ljubljana, 11th International Animation Film Festival Animateka
08.12.2014 - 14.12.2014 -
21st Bradford Animation Festival
17.11.2014 - 22.11.2014 -
Duisburg, 38. Duisburger Filmwoche
03.11.2014 - 09.11.2014 -
31st Teheran International Short Film Festival
14.10.2014 - 19.10.2014 -
Genève, 9e Festival international du film d'animation Animatou
03.10.2014 - 11.10.2014 -
Drama, 20th International Short Film Festival in Drama
15.09.2014 - 20.09.2014 -
Peja, 5th Anibar Animation Festival
05.08.2014 - 10.08.2014 -
Rio de Janeiro, 22° Festival Internacional de Animação do Brasil Anima Mundi
25.07.2014 - 03.08.2014
-
Annecy, 38e Annecy Festival International du Film d'Animation
09.06.2014 - 14.06.2014 -
Zagreb, 24th ANIMAFEST World Festival of Animated Films
03.06.2014 - 08.06.2014 -
Tokyo, 16th Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia Tokyo
01.06.2014 - 15.06.2014 -
Stuttgart, 21. Internationales Trickfilm-Festival
22.04.2014 - 27.04.2014 -
Dresden, 26. Filmfest Dresden
15.04.2014 - 20.04.2014 -
Wien, Tricky Women Festival
12.03.2014 - 16.03.2014 -
Solothurn, 49. Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2014 - 30.01.2014 -
Upcoming Film Makers
22.11.2013 - 23.11.2013 -
Winterthur, 17. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
05.11.2013 - 10.11.2013 -
Leipzig, 56. Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
28.10.2013 - 03.11.2013 -
Baden, Fantoche 11. Internationales Festival für Animationsfilm Baden
03.09.2013 - 08.09.2013