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Cats & Dogs

film type animated film Production Country Germany, Switzerland production year 2015 runtime 6'12 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Digital

An animated short film for children about friendship. One cannot force a friendship, but an emergency can build it.

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director Jesús Pérez, Gerd Gockell Animation Jesús Pérez, Jonas Schmieta, Ute Heuer Original Score David Hohl Editing Gerd Gockell DOP Gerd Gockell Production Gerd Gockell Script Gerd Gockell, Elisabeth Hüttermann Sound Design Thomas Gassmann
Festivals
2015 Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
2015 Animatou - International Animated Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland (Prix Public)
2015 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA
2016 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
2016 Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom (Children)
Production
  • Gerd Gockell Filmproduktion
  • Gerd Gockell
  • Etterlinhalde 1
  • 6004 Luzern
Distribution
  • MAGNETFILM
  • Georg Gruber
  • Torstr. 154
  • 10115 Berlin
  • +49 30 24628156
  • http://www.magnetfilm.de
Sales
  • MAGNETFILM
  • Georg Gruber
  • Torstr. 154
  • 10115 Berlin
  • +49 30 24628156
  • http://www.magnetfilm.de

Jesús Pérez

Born 1954 in Bolivia;
since 1977 animation films;
since 1995 realizing animated films about migration and globalization for German and Swiss schools;
since 2002 professor for animation at the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts

Filmography
1977 UN INSTANTE -UNA VIDA
1978 EL PASTOR MENTIROSO
2000 MITEINANDER
2005 PUNKT & STRICHE
2006 ICH UND DIE ANDEREN
2006-2008 CAMINAR EN DEMOCRACIA
2011 DER GROßE BRUDER

Gerd Gockell

Born 1960 in Darmstadt;
1980-1987 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Brunswick;
since 1992 various teaching appointments;
2002-2011 Head of Animation Department, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland;
lives and works in Lucerne and Hanover

Filmography
1990 CROFTON ROAD SE 5
1991 BUSY BODY – Das Interesse am Nachbarn
1993 MILES, SO WHAT!
1995 TOSSING PIES
2000 MURATTI & SAROTTI
2002 FIGHT THE CINEMA
2004 RESTORED WEEKEND
2008 OPTICAL PERCUSSION
2014 PATCH
2015 CATS & DOGS
2022 Piano Pieces

Portrait of Gerd Gockell