THE OLD MAN AND THE BIRD

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2015 runtime 7'12 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Surround
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Surround

Snowflakes drift through the forest. An old man, as old as the hills, lives alone in a remote hut. The winter is so cold that he can barely move his limbs. When a robin flies against his window and falls to the ground the old man first has to pause for thought. Then he pushes open the heavy front door and stomps outside to help the bird. Out in the deep snow his strength begins to fail him. But no sooner does he take the tender creature in his hands than a change comes over him. Life radiates in luminous colours and returns to the old man’s hut. As it used to. Or is this just one last memory? An inventively animated rumination on love, on bidding farewell and the cycle of life.

director Dennis Stein-Schomburg Animation Chengjie Xu, Dennis Stein-Schomburg, Gabiel Sahlmüller, Jonatan Schwenk Editing Dennis Stein-Schomburg Script Dennis Stein-Schomburg Cast Tina Machulik Original Score Thomas Höhl Szenenbild / Production Design Daniel Maass, Svenja Matthes DOP Christoph Neugebauer Production Roland Fischer Sound Design Christian Wittmoser, Tobias Böhm film school Kunsthochschule Kassel
Festivals
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
ANIMA MUNDI, International Animation Festival of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
Gijón International Film Festival, Gijon, Spain
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany
Trieste Film Festival, Italy
Production
  • Ocean Pictures Filmproduktion
  • Roland Fischer
  • Wespachweg 5
  • 87700 Memmingen
  • +49 7531 3806546
  • http://www.oceanpictures-film.de
Distribution
  • Ocean Pictures Filmproduktion
  • Roland Fischer
  • Wespachweg 5
  • 87700 Memmingen
  • +49 7531 3806546
  • http://www.oceanpictures-film.de
Sales
  • Ocean Pictures Filmproduktion
  • Roland Fischer
  • Wespachweg 5
  • 87700 Memmingen
  • +49 7531 3806546
  • http://www.oceanpictures-film.de
School
  • Kunsthochschule Kassel

Dennis Stein-Schomburg

Born 1985;
studied animation at the Kunsthochschule Kassel;
his short films have been shown at numerous festivals;
is a co-founder of RAUMKAPSEL ANIMATION

Filmography
2010 Schattengewächs
2011 Andersartig
2015 The Old Man and the Bird