Synopsis:
The awkward hero stumbles over a long forgotten piano. Music leads him from his rund down existence out into the city life. There he plays a last funeral march to all the deadbeat figures on the sidewalk.
- Director:
- Gregor Dashuber
- Year:
- 2009
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media
- Original title:
- Never drive a car when you're dead
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Julie Lamarre
- Animator:
- Gregor Dashuber
- Script writer:
- Gregor Dashuber
- Music composer:
- Marian Mentrup
- Sound designer:
- Marian Mentrup
- Editor:
- Martin Reimers
- Production:
- Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
- Distribution:
- MAGNETFILM
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragedy, Experimental, Abstract
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Death, Surreal, Sad, Shame, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Sydney Film Festival, Zlín Film Festival, Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, DOK Leipzig, San Francisco International Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest
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