Matapacos

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2022 runtime 6'56 colour Color animation technique 2D analog animation, 2D computer animation
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Stereo original-language Spanish subtitles English, German

Loosely based on the story of Negro Matapacos, the famous Chilean "Riot Dog", the stray Loco gets to know María, a young protester. Together they become radicalized, and soon they are at the front of the big protests. But one day they both go a step too far.

director Lion Durst, Karla Riebartsch Script Lion Durst Original Score Patrick Kuhn Botelho Sound Design Max Schieder Editing Viola Pröttel Animation Yerkezhan Sabitbekova Production Elisabeth Yili Baumann film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2022 Bundes.Festival.Film., Remscheid, Germany
2022 Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing, Germany
2022 Animayo - Summit, Conference and International Film Festival of Animation, Visual Effects and Video Game, Las Palmas, Spain
Production
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Distribution
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Sales
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
School

Lion Durst

Lion Durst was born in 1994. After a 3-year traineeship as an audiovisual media designer, he worked as a freelancer. In 2019 he began to study screenwriting at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Filmography
2019 South
2020 An der Schwelle
2024 El Cruce

Karla Riebartsch

Karla Riebartsch born 1998 in Hamburg. Following an internship in the motion-design field, she has studied animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg since 2019.

Filmography
2020 Januhairy
2024 El Cruce