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Trial & Error

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2016 runtime 5'27 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital languages Englisch Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch, Russisch, Spanisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital languages Englisch Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch, Russisch, Spanisch

A film about a lost shirt button, perfectionist aunts, busy cats, startled parrots - and a long-lost friend.

Website Trailer
Trial & Error Trial & Error
director Antje Heyn Animation Alexander Isert, Antje Heyn Script Alexander Isert, Antje Heyn Editing Antje Heyn DOP Antje Heyn Production Antje Heyn Original Score Peer Kleinschmidt Sound Design Sebastian Reuter
Festivals
2016 AISFF Asiana International Short Film Festival, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (AISFF Rock Award)
2016 Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy (Best Short Animation)
2016 BendFilm Festival, New York, USA (Best Animated Short)
2016 Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden (iFestival Award)
2016 Sedicicorto - International Film Festival, Forli, Italy (Audience Award)
2016 Cine a la Calle Short Film Festival, Barranquilla, Colombia (Best Children)
2016 ReAnimania International Animation Film and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan, Armenia (Special Jury Award)
2016 International Tour Film Festival, Civitavecchia, Italy (Best Animation Film Award)
2016 OpenEyes Filmfest Marburg, Germany (1. Publikumspreis)
2016 WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival, USA (Platinum Remi Award)
2016 Diessener KurzFilmFestival, Germany (Best Short Film Award 2nd Prize)
2016 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France
2016 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2016 Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom
2016 London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom
2016 New York International Children's Film Festival, New York City, USA
2016 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA
2016 Brooklyn International Film Festival, New York, USA
2016 ANIMA MUNDI, International Animation Festival of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
2016 filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, Germany
2016 Durban International Film Festival, South Africa
2016 Valencia International Film Festival – Cinema Jove, Spain
2016 World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria
2016 St. Louis International Film Festival, USA
2016 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, United Kingdom
2016 shnit worldwide shortsfestival
Production
  • Protoplanet Studio
  • Antje Heyn
  • http://www.protoplanet-studio.de
Distribution
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Anne Jagemann
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 40 39106318
  • http://verleih.shortfilm.com
Sales
  • Protoplanet Studio
  • Antje Heyn
  • http://www.protoplanet-studio.de

Antje Heyn

Antje Heyn is a German animation director. Besides setting her heart on creating characters and bringing them to life, she teaches animation and runs Protoplanet Studio.

Filmography
2010 Lumo
2015 PAWO
2016 Trial & Error
2019 CAT LAKE CITY
2022 META
2024 Für immer Sieben
2025 Vor meiner Tür auf einer Matte

Portrait of Antje Heyn