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zu zahm!
too tame!

film type experimental film, animated film Production Country Germany production year 2017 runtime 6'41 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround Subtitles no langauge
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo

Seven protagonists, stuck inside a box, are trapped in their cliches and their recurring daily routine. Their individuality is only an apparent one because their autonomy can be taken away far too easily - even if they gamble with life. But the show must go on and money is rolling in. Applause!

zu zahm! zu zahm! zu zahm!
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director Rebecca Blöcher Animation Rebecca Blöcher Besetzung / Cast Rebecca Blöcher Bildgestaltung / DOP Rebecca Blöcher Drehbuch / Script Rebecca Blöcher Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Christian Goretzky Tongestaltung / Sound Design Christian Goretzky, Alexander Müller-Welt, Maik Wilms Schnitt / Editing Stefan Urlaß Produktion / Production Grit Wißkirchen, Ralf Kukula
Festivals
2017 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany (DEFA-Förderpreis Animation)
2017 Imaginaria - International Animated Film Festival, Conversano, Italy
2017 International Animation Film Festival Nikozi, Georgia
2017 KROK International Animated Films Festival, Russian Federation
2017 Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2017 BANJALUKA International Animated Film Festival, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2017 Multivision Festival, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (Best Video Art Installation)
2017 exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
2017 Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, France
2017 interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2017 Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Kraków, Poland
2017 GIRAF - Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival, Calgary, Canada
2017 Anilogue International Animation Film Festival, Budapest, Wien, Austria
2017 FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos, Mainz, Germany
2017 Animax Skopje Fest, Republic of North Macedonia
Production
  • Balance Film GmbH
  • Ralf Kukula
  • Friedrichstr. 14
  • 01067 Dresden
  • http://www.balancefilm.de
Distribution
  • Balance Film GmbH
  • Ralf Kukula
  • Friedrichstr. 14
  • 01067 Dresden
  • http://www.balancefilm.de
Sales
  • Balance Film GmbH
  • Ralf Kukula
  • Friedrichstr. 14
  • 01067 Dresden
  • http://www.balancefilm.de

Rebecca Blöcher

Rebecca Blöcher is a visual artist in the field of animated film and drawing, based in Hamburg. She graduated in illustration class from University Hamburg in 2006. Her award-winning films mix photography and stop-motion with 2D animation and have been invited to international film festivals all over the world.

Filmography
2013 Quälen
2013 Wandern
2017 Zu Zahm!
2019 Lickalike
2024 Mama Micra

Portrait of Rebecca Blöcher