Carlotta's Face

film type animated film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2018 runtime 5'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Portugiesisch, Italienisch, Japanisch, Koreanisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Portugiesisch, Italienisch, Japanisch, Koreanisch

As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around her to have faces. She doesn’t even recognize her own face. Years later, she learns about a rare, untreatable deficit of her brain. It was art, after all, that offered her a way to finally recognize herself.

Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/254347734

director Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld Animation Frédéric Schuld Schnitt / Editing Frédéric Schuld, Valentin Riedl Bildgestaltung / DOP Frédéric Schuld Drehbuch / Script Frédéric Schuld, Valentin Riedl Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Simon Bastian Tongestaltung / Sound Design Simon Bastian Produktion / Production Fabian Driehorst
Festivals
2018 San Francisco International Film Festival, USA
2018 Cleveland International Film Festival, USA
2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada
2018 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (Prädikat der Ökumenischen Jury)
2018 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung)
2018 Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad, Norway
2018 Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia
2018 Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Republic of Kosovo (Best Animation)
2018 Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece
2018 Animasyros - International Animation Festival, Syros Island, Greece
2018 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada
2018 Edmonton International Film Festival, Canada (Programmer)
2018 KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, Netherlands
2018 ANIMAGE - International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Boa Vista, Brazil
2018 Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland
2018 Fano International Film Festival, Italy (Best Animation)
2018 Tallgrass Film Festival, Wichita, Kansas, USA
2018 Szczecin Film Festival, Stettin, Poland
2018 BANJALUKA International Animated Film Festival, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 Cinekid Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018 Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany (Publikumspreis)
2018 Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
2018 doxs! dokumentarfilme für kinder und jugendliche, Duisburg, Germany
2018 St. Louis International Film Festival, USA
2018 New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Sapporo, Japan
2018 Lublin Film Festival, Poland
2018 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland
2018 Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, USA
2018 Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany (Beste Animation)
2018 Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2018 London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2018 Seagate Foyle Film Festival, Derry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2018 interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2018 BOGOSHORTS Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia
2018 Animateka - International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Production
  • Fabian&Fred
  • Fabian Driehorst
  • Elbchausee 28
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 176 24313418
  • https://fabianfred.com
Distribution
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Anne Jagemann
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 40 39106318
  • http://verleih.shortfilm.com
Sales
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Anna Leimbrinck
  • Bodenstedtstr.16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 40 3910 6328
  • http://shortfilmsales.com

Valentin Riedl

Studied Medicine in Germany, France and Poland;
in 2009 he received an M.D. degree from Technical University Munich and a PhD in Systemic Neuroscience from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in 2012;
today he aims at merging both fields, science and art, into unique ways of storytelling

Filmography
2012 Bauernsterben

Frédéric Schuld

Is an author, director and animator;
co-founded the studio Fabian&Fred with Fabian Driehorst in 2011;
works with a strong focus on animated documentaries;
his award winning short film CARLOTTA'S FACE has been screened at more than 200 festivals

Filmography
2018 Carlotta’s Face