OBON

film type animated film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2018 runtime 15'05 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital languages Japanisch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR languages Japanisch Subtitles Englisch

Akiko Takakura is one of the last living survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. During Obon she is haunted by memories. Her father was a very strict man. But the horrors of the atomic bomb changed everything. In the midst of total destruction, Akiko finally experiences fatherly love.

www.obonfilm.com

Official Trailer: www.vimeo.com/tigerunterwegs/obontrailer

director SAMO (Anna Bergmann), André Hörmann Animation SAMO (Anna Bergmann) Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Daniel Regenberg Produktion / Production Andre Hörmann, Christian Vizi Drehbuch / Script Andre Hörmann Tongestaltung / Sound Design Christoph de la Chevallerie
Festivals
2018 Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany
2018 Kraków Film Festival, Poland
2018 DocAviv - The Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, Israel
2018 Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Films, Croatia
2018 Huesca International Short Film Festival, Spain
Production
  • Hörmann-Filmproduktion
  • Andre Hörmann
  • Templiner Str. 17
  • 10119 Berlin
  • +49 177 9222208
Distribution
  • Hörmann-Filmproduktion
  • Andre Hoermann
  • Templiner Str. 17
  • 10119 Berlin
  • +49 177 9222208
Sales
  • Hörmann-Filmproduktion
  • Andre Hoermann
  • Templiner Str. 17
  • 10119 Berlin
  • +49 177 9222208

SAMO (Anna Bergmann)

Born 1980 in Moscow, Russia;
dreamed about becoming a clown or a superintendent and became an animator;
studied animation at the Academy of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf";
since 2011 freelance animator in Berlin and New York

Filmography
2008 Hello Antenna
2009 Hokus-Pokus
2010 Weiß kein Weiß
2012 Little Plastic Figure
2012 Augen zu
2013 Fish
2016 Der Mann ist groß

André Hörmann

Is a freelance director and lecturer for film and media science at academies such as Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, FU Berlin, University Ulm, University Marburg, FTII Pune and Whistling Woods Mumbai;
graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at the University of California (UCLA)

Filmography
2003 Viva Los Angeles!
2003 UMBRUCH
2004 Das Manifest
2006 Drei Leben - Hanoi
2006 Calcutta Calling
2006 atemlos
2008 Blumen für den Freund
2011 Father‘s Prayer
2012 Loden, der kleine Mönch
2013 Sharuk sucht das Glück
2014 Bhavini - Ich will nur Tanzen!
2015 Mo - Ich kann Fliegen
2015 Andrew mit Pauken und Trompeten
2016 Cieras Song
2016 Tsering - Nur der Himmel ist höher
2016 Gaurav und die Drachen
2016 Crowley - Jeder Cowboy braucht sein Pferd
2018 Ari und das Totenfest
2018 OBON
2019 Ringside