Synopsis:
Malaika lives in Europe, Pombalo in Africa. She collects stranded goods, he is a fisherman. As the nets remain empty, he sets off to Europe. At the shore, they face each other as the ships passing in the night.
- Director:
- Eli Zwimpfer, Elisabeth Zwimpfer
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 12 min.
- Technique:
- Mixed media, 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Cut-Out Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producers:
- Eli Zwimpfer, Elisabeth Zwimpfer
- Animators:
- Eli Zwimpfer, Alma Weber, Elisabeth Zwimpfer
- Script writers:
- Eli Zwimpfer, Elisabeth Zwimpfer
- Music composers:
- Kanté Manfila, Balla Kalla, The Smallest Bones, Entertainment for the Brain-dead, Freweini Yauhannes, Entertainment for the Braindead
- Sound designers:
- Tobias Böhm, Christian Wittmoser
- Editors:
- Eli Zwimpfer, Elisabeth Zwimpfer
- Production:
- Kunsthochschule Kassel
- Distribution:
- Vimeo
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental
- Tags:
- Political, Activism, Trauma, Identity, Sad, Relationships, Nature, Poetic, Climate crisis, War, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, DOK Leipzig, Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Hessische Filmförderung
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