screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Stereo
languages
Deutsch
Subtitles
Englisch
screening format
Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov)
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Stereo
languages
Deutsch
Subtitles
Englisch
POSTPARTUM describes the chaotic phase in the life of a new mother. Pumped up with hormones and lacking sleep, this intense time has burned deep into the protagonist’s heart.
Audio Description
German
Closed Captions
German
Contact: Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg, Anne Jagemann
director
Henriette Rietz
Animation
Henriette Rietz
Editing
Henriette Rietz
Production
Henriette Rietz
Script
Henriette Rietz
Original Score
David Kamp
Sound Design
David Kamp
Festivals
2020
La Guarimba International Film Festival, Amantea, Italy
2020
FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
(LUCA Filmpreis für Geschlechtergerechtigkeit, Lobende Erwähnung)
2020
AFI FEST Los Angeles International Film Festival, USA
2020
Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom
2020
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2020
Animatou - International Animated Film Festival, Genf, Switzerland
(Special Mention)
2020
SHORT to the Point - International Short Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
(Best Low/No Budget)
2020
Thessaloniki Animation Festival, Greece
2020
FAB Festival of Animation Berlin, Germany
2020
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark
2020
Lublin Film Festival, Poland
2020
BuSho International Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
2020
World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria
2020
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Pernik, Bulgaria
Awards
2021 Short Tiger 2021
Sales
- interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
- Cord Dueppe
- Straßburger Str. 55
- 10405 Berlin
- Germany
- +49 30 25942903
- http://www.interfilm.de
Distribution
- interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
- Sophie Röder
- Straßburger Str. 55
- 10405 Berlin
- Germany
- +49 30 25942903
- http://www.interfilm.de
Henriette Rietz
Is a Berlin-based visual storyteller with a loud and straight forward style;
as her alter ego Herzette, her core work is focused on illustration and gif-animation;
with her animated short film POSTPARTUM she is now stepping into the short film scene
Filmography
2015 What did you do?
