screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Dolby Digital
screening format
Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov)
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Stereo
A group of tired playground visitors meet at night for a last contest. RULES OF PLAY is all about the phenomenon of playing. The playing field is the center of the ritual activities.
director
Merlin Flügel
Editing
Merlin Flügel
DOP
Merlin Flügel
Production
Merlin Flügel
Script
Merlin Flügel
Sound Design
Jonatan Schwenk
film school
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
Festivals
2018
DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany
2018
CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Querétaro, Mexico
(Best Experimental Animation)
2018
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
(FBW SPECIAL PRIZE (FBW-Sonderpreis zur Förderung des besonderen Kurzfilms))
Production
- Merlin Flügel
Distribution
- MIYU Distribution
- Luce Grosjean
- https://miyu.fr/distribution
Sales
- MIYU Distribution
- Luce Grosjean
- https://miyu.fr/distribution
School
- Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
- Schlossstr. 31
- 63065 Offenbach am Main
- Germany
- http://www.hfg-offenbach.de
Merlin Flügel
Born in Naila;
2012 internship at Studio Filmbilder with Andreas Hykade;
graduated in 2017 from the University of Arts and Design Offenbach;
member of the GOGO TANDA animation collective;
lives and works in Berlin.
Filmography
2011 How To Disappear
2012 ECHO
2018 Rules of Play
2026 Hotel Oblique
