A film about a lost shirt button, perfectionist aunts, busy cats, startled parrots—and a long-lost friend.
© 2016 Protoplanet Studio
Awards:
Seal of Approval "Highly Recommended" | FBW (German federal authority for evaluating & rating film)
Platinum Remi Award | 49th WorldFest Houston 2016 | USA
Best Children's Film Award | 16th Cine a la Calle Short FF 2016 | Colombia
Best Animation Short Film Award | 7th Short to the Point 2016 | Romania
Best Short Animation | 67th Montecatini Int´l Short FF 2016 | Italy
Best Short Film / Children's Jury Award | Kinolub Int'l FF 2016 | Poland
1st Audience Award | 23rd OpenEyes Filmfest Marburg 2016 | Germany
Best Animation Film Award | 5th International Tour FF 2016 | Italy
Best Animated Short | 13th BendFilm Festival 2016 | USA
Best Short Film Award 2nd Prize | 12th Short FF Diessen 2016 | Germany
Audience Award | 13th Sedicicorto Int´l FF 2016 | Italy
1st Prize | 14th Akut Amberger Kurzfilmwettbewerb 2016 | Germany
Special Jury Award | 8th Reanimania Int´l Animation FF | Armenia
Best Narrative Animation Short | 6th Int´l Animation FF Gdansk 2016 | Poland
AISFF Rock Award | 14th Asiana Int´l Short FF 2016 | South Korea
iFestival Award | 27th Stockholm Int´l FF| Sweden
Little Anteaters Award | 10th Golden Anteaters FF | Poland
Animation Now! Award | 4th AS Film Festival | Italy
Diamond Award | 7th California Film Awards | USA
1.prize backup_award | 19th backup_festival Weimar | Germany
New German Animations 2016 – Special DVD-Edition of AG Kurzfilm, German Short Film Association
Previous & Upcoming Screenings (i.a.):
04/2016 > 63rd Belgrade Documentary and Short FF | Serbia
04/2016 > 28th Filmfest Dresden (Comp.) | Germany
04/2016 > 49th WorldFest Houston (Comp.) | USA
04/2016 > 11th Athens Animfest (Comp.) | Greece
05/2016 > 7th Anifilm Int´l Festival of Animated Films (Comp.) | Czech Republic
06/2016 > 40th Annecy Int´l Animation Film Festival | France
06/2016 > 19th Brooklyn Film Festival (Comp.) | USA
06/2016 > 24th Art Film Fest Košice (Comp.) | Slovakia
06/2016 > 37th Durban International FF| South Africa
06/2016 > 31st Valencia Int´l FF Cinema Jove (Comp.) | Spain
06/2016 > 6th RabbitFest Int´l Animation Festival (Comp.) | Italy
06/2016 > 21st Nantucket Film Festival | USA
07/2016 > 39th Outdoor Short FF of Grenoble (Comp.) | France
07/2016 > 9th Animator Int´l Animated FF (Comp.) | Poland
07/2016 > 32nd Cartoon Club Int´l FF | Italy
08/2016 > 7th Anibar Int´l Animation Festival (Comp.) | Kosovo
08/2016 > 40th Filmfest Weiterstadt | Germany
08/2016 > 13th Anonimul Int´l Independent FF (Comp.) | Romania
09/2016 > 11th Shorts Mexico (Comp.) | Mexico
09/2016 > 12th WFAF World Festival of Animated Film Varna (Comp.) | Bulgaria
09/2016 > 21st Split Int´l Festival of New Film | Croatia
09/2016 > 11th LINOLEUM Int´l Animation & Media-Art Festival (Comp.) | Ukraine
10/2016 > 14th shnit Int´l Shortfilmfestival | Switzerland
10/2016 > 67th Montecatini Int´l Short FF (Comp.) | Italy
10/2016 > 24th Anima Mundi Int´l Animation Festival | Brazil
10/2016 > 33rd Chicago Int´l Children’s Film Festival | USA
11/2016 > 14th Asiana Int´l Short FF (Comp.) | South Korea
11/2016 > 25th St. Louis int´l FF (Comp.) | USA
11/2016 > 6th Aesthetica Short FF (Comp.) | UK
11/2016 > 27th Stockholm Int´l FF (Comp.) | Sweden
11/2016 > 30th Leeds Int´l FF (Comp.) | UK
11/2016 > 37th Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne (Comp.) | France
12/2016 > 14th LIAF London Int´l Animation Festival (Comp.) | UK
01/2017 > 27th Bamberger Kurzfilmtage (Comp.) | Germany
02/2017 > 20th New York Int´l Children´s FF (Comp.) | USA
02/2017 > 38th Festival du Court Métrage Clermont-Ferrand | France
02/2017 > 36th Anima Brussels Animation FF (Comp.) | Belgium
04/2016 > 44th Athens International Film and Video Festival (Comp.) | USA
06/2017 > 27th Animafest Zagreb (Comp.) | Kroatia
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>>> See full screening list at: protoplanet-studio.de/trial
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Running Time: 05:27 min
Language: English
Subtitles: German, French, Spanish
Shooting Format: 4K
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Screening Format: DCP | Blu-ray | DVD | ProRes | mov | mp4
Sound: Dolby 5.1
Production Country: Germany
Animation Technique: Drawn Animation
Year: 2016
Idea, Design & Direction: Antje Heyn
Script & Animation: Alexander Isert, Antje Heyn
Animation Assistance: Johanna Hochholzer
Words: Jonas Lieberknecht
Voice: Alexis Krüger
Music: Peer Kleinschmidt
Foley Art: Peter Sandmann
Sound Editing & Mixing: Sebastian Reuter
Supervising Cat: Percy
Special Thanks: Danilo Grimm, Frank Gerdes, Ted Newiss, Deborah Althausen, Alexander Shutov
Contact:
+49 177 4433 477
info@protoplanet-studio.de
protoplanet-studio.de
