jeijay

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2021 runtime 7'45 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround
screening format HDCAM aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo

JEIJAY is about two people who try to repress the inevitable decay of their relationship. Feeling isolated in their own home, the happy facade comes crumbling down. The topic's profound melancholia is captured in little everyday moments that are intertwined with dreamlike sequences.

https://fishyfilms-animation.de/

director Maren Wiese, Petra Stipetić Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Thomas Höhl Schnitt / Editing Maren Wiese, Petra Stipetic Bildgestaltung / DOP Maren Wiese, Petra Stipetic Produktion / Production Maren Wiese, Petra Stipetic Drehbuch / Script Maren Wiese, Petra Stipetic Tongestaltung / Sound Design Christian Wittmoser film school Kunsthochschule Kassel
Festivals
2021 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2021 FiSH - Filmfestival im StadtHafen, Rostock, Germany
2021 Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany
2021 MONSTRA Lisboa Animated Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2021 Bundesfestival junger Film, St. Ingbert
2021 Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Films, Croatia
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School
  • Kunsthochschule Kassel

Maren Wiese

Born 1990 in Lingen, Germany, she is an animator working in Kassel. She has studied animation at the Kunsthochschule Kassel art school since 2014. In 2016, she founded the collective fishyfilms together with Petra Stipetic.

Filmography
2015 Boyfriend
2016 Sara
2017 Hesitation
2017 Die Maus, die brüllte
2018 Your Future Game
2019 brush my hair until i’m dead
2019 Nauru
2019 Your Future
2021 Jeijay
2023 Vom Duft der Roten Beete und den Menschen, die ewig leben

Petra Stipetić

Petra Stipetić is a qualified sculptor and educator who professionalized her love for storytelling in her animation studies in Kassel. Since then she has produced award-winning short films that have been screened at festivals worldwide. Since 2022 she has been a lecturer of animation and visual storytelling.

Filmography
2018 Love of Mud
2018 Worst Case Panda
2018 Regrets
2019 brush my hair until i’m dead
2019 Nauru
2019 Your Future
2021 Jeijay
2023 2023 Vom Duft der roten Beete und den Menschen, die ewig leben