Tako Tsubo

film type animated film Production Country Austria, Germany production year 2024 runtime 6'00 colour Color animation technique 2D analog animation
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Digital original-language German synced subtitles English

Mr. Ham decides to have his heart removed to free himself from his complicated emotions. The doctor assures him that, in this day and age, this procedure presents no problem. Of a pensive disposition, Mr. Ham keeps his heart for a while after the removal in the hope of understanding it better someday. TAKO TSUBO syndrome, also known as broken-heart syndrome, is a rare, acute and often serious dysfunction of the heart muscle that usually arises from extraordinary emotional or physical stress.

Audio Description German
Sign Language Inserts German Sign Language
Closed Captions German
Contact: AG Kurzfilm, Franziska Kache
+49 351 4045575
director Fanny Sorgo, Eva Pedroza Animation Eva Pedroza Production Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo, Maria Trigo Teixeira Script Fanny Sorgo Sound Design Christian Obermaier DOP Eva Pedroza Editing Eva Pedroza Cast Anne Kulbatzki, Len Jakobsen, Benjamin Martin
Festivals
2024 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
2024 Tricky Women Tricky Realities, Wien, Austria (Grand Post Award)
2024 REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada
2024 Hong Kong International Film Festival, China
2024 IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Lissabon, Portugal
2024 DIAGONALE - Festival des österreichischen Films, Graz, Austria
2024 Go Short International Short Film Festival, Nijmegen, Netherlands (Lobende Erwähnung Best European Animation)
2024 FICCI - Cartagena Film Festival, Colombia
2024 Concorto Film Festival, Piacenza, Italy (Lobende Erwähnung der Jugendjury)
2024 FEST - New Directors New Films Festival, Espinho, Portugal (Silver Lynx Animation Award)
2024 Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Lobende Erwähnung)
2024 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
2024 Fest Anča International Animation Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
2024 Edinburgh International Film Festival, United Kingdom
2024 Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato City, Mexico
2024 Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
2024 Anim'est Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, Romania
2024 Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, Switzerland (Best ANIMATION short)
2024 ELBE Dock Festival, Ústi, Dresden, Czech Republic
2024 Message to Man International Documentary, Short & Animated Film Festival, Sankt Petersburg, Russian Federation (Award of the Diploma)
2024 Braunschweig International Filmfestival, Germany
2024 Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024 PÖFF Shorts | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia
2024 exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
2024 Film Fest Gent, Belgium
2024 GIRAF - Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival, Calgary, Canada
Awards
2024 Nominierung Kategorie Animationsfilm bis 30 Minuten Laufzeit Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2024
Sales
  • Sixpackfilm
  • Gerald Weber
  • https://news.sixpackfilm.com/en/
Production
  • Maria Trigo Teixeira
Production
  • Eva Pedroza
  • http://www.evapedroza.com
Production
  • Fanny Sorgo
  • http://www.fannysorgo.com
Distribution
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Anne Jagemann
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 40 39106318
  • http://verleih.shortfilm.com

Fanny Sorgo

Fanny Sorgo is an Austrian multidisciplinary artist in the fields of text, film, music, and performance, based in Vienna and Berlin. She studied scenic writing and narrative film at the University of Arts Berlin and works as a writer, performer, composer, and director.

Filmography
2024 Tako Tsubo

Eva Pedroza

Eva Pedroza, born 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a multidisciplinary artist she works at the intersection of film and fine art. She studied at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes Buenos Aires and at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her work has been shown at numerous exhibitions.

Filmography
2024 Tako Tsubo