Beseder
Good and Better

film type animated film, music clip Production Country Germany production year 2020 runtime 4'18 colour
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Hebrew Subtitles Englisch

"It's hard to think it's gonna be good, it's much easier to think it's gonna be bad": A song in waltz rhythm is combined with absurd animated loops to express a feeling of concern and uncertainty about the future.

director Gil Alkabetz Animation Gil Alkabetz Schnitt / Editing Gil Alkabetz Bildgestaltung / DOP Gil Alkabetz Produktion / Production Gil Alkabetz Drehbuch / Script Gil Alkabetz Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Tova Gertner Tongestaltung / Sound Design Tova Gertner
Festivals
2021 Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany
2021 SHORT to the Point - International Short Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
Awards
2020 European Short Film Award 2020
Distribution
  • Nurit Israeli
Sales
  • Nurit Israeli

Gil Alkabetz

Born in Israel 1957, died 2022;
studied graphic design at Bezalel Academy;
animator and freelance illustrator;
animation and illustration teacher in Israel;
since 1995 freelance filmmaker in Stuttgart at Sweet Home Studio;
workshops all over Europe;
2004 until his death animation professor in Babelsberg

Filmography
1984 BITZBUTZ
1991 SWAMP
1995 YANKALE
1997 RUBICON
2002 TRIM TIME
2002 TRAVEL TO CHINA
2004 MORIR DE AMOR
2007 A SUNNY DAY
2009 THE DA VINCI TIME CODE
2010 KNITTED NIGHTS
2013 1+1
2019 ONE STORMY NIGHT
2020 BESEDER