Them People

film type animated film, experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2020 runtime 5'45 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch

A small child raised to conform to the expectations of society, is unable to differentiate between love, hate and fear. THEM PEOPLE is a short animation film inspired by a self-composed poem that speaks about the growing intolerance towards “the other”, and the obsession to define one’s own identity.

director Nausheen Javed Animation Nausheen Javed, Rajesh Thakare Production Nausheen Javed Script Nausheen Javed film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2020 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2020 StopTrik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovenia
2020 SUPERTOON International Animation Festival, Šibenik, Croatia
2020 Make Art Not War Teaser Future Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA (Special Mention)
2020 Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
2020 International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan, Poland
Production
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Distribution
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Sales
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de

Nausheen Javed

Graduated in fine arts in New Delhi, India;
MA in Animation Film Design in NID;
worked as a broadcast designer at Star Network;
moved to Germany in 2016 for further studies in arts at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne;
THEM PEOPLE is her graduation film