From Dad to Son

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2012 runtime 5'00 colour
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo

A prisoner receives a message that his old father needs help with tilling his field. In his desperate situation the prisoner suddenly has the idea to use the guards to till his dads land. A paper crafted animation short about family, conflicts of physical separation and the resulting communication.

director Nils Knoblich Animation Florian Maubach, Nils Knoblich, Olga Gelwer Editing Nils Knoblich DOP Nils Knoblich Production Nils Knoblich Script Nils Knoblich, Stephan Hanf Original Score Georg Conrad, Josefine Knoblich Sound Design Steffen Martin film school Kunsthochschule Kassel
Festivals
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Portugal
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
Edinburgh International Film Festival, United Kingdom
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland
Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico (Best International Animated Short Award)
Production
  • Knoblich & Hanf
  • Nils Knoblich
  • Motzstr. 2C
  • 34117 Kassel
  • +49 178 8324019
  • http://www.dad.nilsknoblich.com
Distribution
  • Knoblich & Hanf
  • Nils Knoblich
  • Motzstr. 2C
  • 34117 Kassel
  • +49 178 8324019
  • http://www.dad.nilsknoblich.com
Sales
  • Knoblich & Hanf
  • Nils Knoblich
  • Motzstr. 2C
  • 34117 Kassel
  • +49 178 8324019
  • http://www.dad.nilsknoblich.com
School
  • Kunsthochschule Kassel

Nils Knoblich

Born 1984;
freelance illustrator, comic book artist and animation filmmaker;
in 2012 finished studies in visual communications at the School of Art and Design Kassel

Filmography
2007 1st Date
2010 The Burning Haus