30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Little Karl and the Elephants (2021) -

Germany | 2021 | 8 min.

Nine-year-old Karlchen is a street boy living in Dresden in 1915. World War One challenges the people and he needs to earn his own money.

CountryGermany
Year2021
Duration8 min
Rating-
LanguageNo dialogues
SubtitleNo subtitles
Directed by Friedrich Kießling
Screenplay Friedrich Kießling
Director of Photography Friedrich Kießling
Music Gary Hirche
Edited by Jan Bexterman, Friedrich Kießling
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Biography

In preparation for his studies he joined an internship in the animation school Fantasia Dresden e.V. and Balance Film GmbH, where he worked as compositor and colorist on two animated films. He studied at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in the Department of Animation. In summer 2017, he attended the six-week 3D animation masterclass LUMAA at the Lucerne School of Arts and Design in Switzerland. In 2018, he worked on a 3D animated TV series during his internship at Blue Spirit Production Studios in Angoulême, France.This film is a part of the set Spuffies and Other Animations.