The Beauty

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2019 runtime 4'14 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby SR languages Englisch Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch

THE BEAUTY is a poetic journey through a fascinating underwater world, where plastic and nature become one. For one breath, our concerns and feelings of guilt dissolve between eerily beautiful coral reefs and the mysterious depths of the ocean.

director Pascal Schelbli Animation Noel Winzen Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Alexander Wolf David, Meike Katrin Stein, Petteri Sainio Schnitt / Editing Pascal Schelbli Drehbuch / Script Pascal Schelbli Produktion / Production Aleksandra Todorovic, Tina Vest film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2019 International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy (ISFVF), China (Outstanding Film Award)
2019 CineMare Internationales Meeresfilmfestival Kiel, Germany (Publikumspreis)
2019 London Eco Film Festival, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Best Narrative Short)
2019 interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2019 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2019 Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
2019 Filmkunsttage Sachsen-Anhalt, Magdeburg, Germany
2020 Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival, Belgium
2020 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
Awards
2019 Sonderpreis der Jury animago AWARD 2019
2019 Sonderpreis der Jury zum Thema „Nachhaltigkeit“ Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis 2019
2019 Gold Screen Young Director Award 2019
2020 Short Tiger 2020
Production
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Distribution
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Sales
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Sigrid Gairing
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • +49 7141 96982193
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
School

Pascal Schelbli

After his training as a graphic designer he gained experiences in motion design, visual effects and animation;
made several image films and broadcast openers for Swiss television;
since 2014 studies animation at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg;
THE BEAUTY is his graduation film

Filmography
2012 Logistik
2012 Social Media
2014 Der Bestatter
2016 Dream Lab