In a deliberately simple style, German filmmaker Andreas Hykade asks an important question: what does absolute power do to us? A short film about two peaceful sheep and a dog on the warpath.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
Production
In a deliberately simple style, German filmmaker Andreas Hykade asks an important question: what does absolute power do to us? A short film about two peaceful sheep and a dog on the warpath.
As a young boy I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. We spent many decades together. First, she offered me protection from the cold. As a teenager, she introduced me to the secrets of love. But as an adult, this love became flawed. I began to see behind my beloved’s facade. And I discovered her horrifying side.
Three frogs are fighting over a tasty fly. But there is something the fly can teach them.
A cheeky muddy piglet is disturbing the flamingo‘s elegant hen party.
The elephant is sad and his trunk tries to cheer him up. That‘s a pretty tough task.
The penguin-waiter wants the penguin-party to be perfect.
The lion has to become more physically fit. The gazelle does not think he is capable of doing so.
The ants are working together perfectly. But there is one ant who is doing everything differently.
A happy little tiger is imprinted on a food plate. But if you leave him alone, and he doesn’t find anything to eat on his plate, he will leave it and travel the lunch table to satiate his appetite.
One day, a little mole discovers that all of the other animals have a friend of their same species to play with, but the mole is all alone and very sad. To make matters worse, all the food is starting to rebel. A fat earthworm escapes in a hurry, right under the mole’s nose. The hunt inside the tunnels begins! Finally the earthworm is caught, but just as the mole is about to bite down, he realises that it’s not an earthworm but another mole’s tail. Now that they’ve found each other, there’s a happy ending under the molehill.
Two goats are learning from each other.
A snowball fight is fun for everyone! Because it’s sooo cold outside, a penguin has to think of something special to get its friends to join in the game.
What if it there was a place where we could revisit the memories of a relationship? In this archive of remembrances we are guided through the story of Amélia and Duarte, two people that felt out of love and are trying to cope with the feelings that come after a relationship has ended.
One day the zebra runs against a tree and learns something.
What´s happening on this blanket? Lots and lots of animals live here and everybody´s doing fine – but in this episode the chicken has a problem: The egg is stuck! Will the patchwork pals find a solution for this problem and help her?
The lamb’s parents are shocked, because their little lamb doesn’t sound like the other sheep: It’s making „moo” instead of „baa”.
Tom asks Mine and Mona for a slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey. But instead of helping him, they explain how boring and silly Tom and his slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey are.
“And I’m still carrying the gift you gave, It’s a part of me now, it’s been cherished and saved, It’ll be with me unto the grave And then unto eternity.” (Bob Dylan)
Suddenly, the cow Luisa is very fat. Did she eat too many slices of bread with strawberry jam and honey? TOM and his friends assume different causes.
TOM eats too many slices of bread with strawberry jam and honey. He puts on weight. He has to consult an internationally recognized tummy reduction trainer.