screening format
DCP
The sunken homeland, visiting unknown places, and the certainty that we are not alone. The rhythm of ones origins and the identity of the surroundings. ECHO is about how childhood reverberates, about complicated relationships and a departure to new pastures.
director
Merlin Flügel
Animation
Merlin Flügel
Editing
Merlin Flügel
Production
Merlin Flügel
Script
Merlin Flügel
DOP
Merlin Fl?gel
Sound Design
Jonatan Schwenk
film school
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
Festivals
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany
World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria
Production
- Merlin Flügel
School
- Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
- Schlossstr. 31
- 63065 Offenbach am Main
- Germany
- http://www.hfg-offenbach.de
Merlin Flügel
Born in Naila;
2012 internship at Studio Filmbilder with Andreas Hykade;
graduated in 2017 from the University of Arts and Design Offenbach;
member of the GOGO TANDA animation collective;
lives and works in Berlin.
Filmography
2011 How To Disappear
2012 ECHO
2018 Rules of Play
2026 Hotel Oblique
