ELEFANTIN
BIBI MUST GO

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2020 runtime 29'41 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Based on the biography of the "maladjusted elephant Bibi", an elephant caught in Zimbabwe that was imported to the East Berlin zoo in 1989, the film questions our colonially influenced thinking, dealing with the "foreign".

Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/manage/378777938/general

director Johanna Seggelke, Marie Zrenner Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Nils Wrassen Szenenbild / Production Design Lily von Wild Schnitt / Editing Melanie Jilg Bildgestaltung / DOP Oliver Buchalik Produktion / Production Daniel Kunz, Kerstin Zachau Drehbuch / Script Johanna Seggelke, Marie Zrenner Tongestaltung / Sound Design Andreas Goldbrunner film school Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
Festivals
2020 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany
Production
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
Distribution
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
Sales
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
School
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • Deutschland
  • http://www.hff-muc.de

Johanna Seggelke

Born 1996 in Bamberg;
studied documentary film and television journalism at the University of Television and Film Munich since 2017;
works as a directress and camerawoman

Filmography
2017 soll bruch stelle
2018 Ad Libitum
2019 Aquarium

Marie Zrenner

Marie Zrenner studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and at the École de Recherche Graphique Bruxelles before she began her studies in documentary film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich in 2017. She works as a directress and editor on documentaries, feature films and music videos.

Filmography
2016 Fremde Blumen
2018 Luftlücke
2020 Heal Me
2021 Elefantin
2022 Anne: Die Felder (music clip)
2023 Alex in den Feldern
2023 Kathy and Teresa