PIANO PIECES

film type animated film, experimental film Production Country Germany, Switzerland production year 2022 runtime 3'00 colour animation technique stop motion, mixed media
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Digital
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Digital

An experimental animation paying tribute to an old piano. Only a few pieces of the old piano are left. They come to life and play one last tune.

https://www.schattenkabinett.com/new-films/piano-pieces/

Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/517760283/011118e384

director Gerd Gockell Produktion / Production Gerd Gockell Drehbuch / Script Gerd Gockell Schnitt / Editing Gerd Gockell Bildgestaltung / DOP Gerd Gockell Szenenbild / Production Design Gerd Gockell Animation Gerd Gockell Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Thomas Gassmann Tongestaltung / Sound Design Thomas Gassmann
Festivals
2022 Un Festival C’est Trop Court!, Nice, France
Production
  • Gerd Gockell Filmproduktion
Distribution
  • Gerd Gockell
  • +49 160 92 64 75 01
Sales
  • Schattenkabinett GmbH
  • Gerd Gockell

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