Animation Short, 2008 (Director’s Cut 2015)
My final year project, back then. I cut about 30 seconds for this version to get a better flow.
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A little rabbit with a special fondness for carrot tips finds the biggest carrot in the world. But that huge thing sticks rock-solid in the ground! His energetic attempts to get closer to his lunch have some grave consequences …
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CREDITS
Direction / Animation / Music / Voice Over: Christian Effenberger
Sound Design: Andreas Köbner
Foley Artist: Mel Kutbay, Meloton Studios
Production: Christian Effenberger
School: University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Prof. Sylvie Pagé
Funded by: Nachwuchsmedienförderung des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz
Germany 2008
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Awards and Screenings
1st int’l Prize – Cinecure animated short Film Festival, Puy-en-Velay/France 2009
People’s Choice Award – Int’l Short Film & Video Festival, Naoussa/Greece 2008
Audience Award – Brazilian Student Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil 2008
Winner of the Day – Contravision Filmfestival, Berlin/Germany 2008
And of course: 1st Prize – Kieler Kneipen Kurzfilmfestival, Kiel/Germany 2008
Athens Int‘l Film Festival, Ohio/USA
Atlanta Film Festival, Georgia/USA
OpenEyes Kurzfi lmfest, Marburg/Germany
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Vienna/Austria
Int‘l Odense Film Festival, Odense/Denmark
Klik! Amsterdam Animation Festival, Amsterdam/The Netherlands
Monstra Animation Festival 2009, Lisbon/Portugal
Anima Mundi Festival, Rio de Janeiro + São Paolo/Brazil
Final Cut, Brighton/Great Britain
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TOOLS
Pen and paper, light table, Photoshop and After Effects
traditional animation, rabbit, animation, short, hand drawn, carrot
