DETLEV

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2024 runtime 12'50 colour Color animation technique stop motion
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 2:1 (univisium) sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language English subtitles German, English, French, Spanish
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2:1 (univisium) sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language English subtitles German, English, French, Spanish
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 2:1 (univisium) sound format Stereo original-language English subtitles German, English, French, Spanish

A constantly freezing street sweeper drives to a remote gas station every evening and orders a microwave-warmed Toast Hawaii. He secretly indulges himself into this in a bizarre ritual - the only thing that warms him in his daily life. One night, however, a broadly grinning construction worker is observing him while doing that. Detlev flees in embarrassment and his world begins to fall apart as the desperate search for warmth drags him deeper and deeper into his inner abyss.

director Ferdinand Ehrhardt Production Saskia Stirn, Ferdinand Ehrhardt Script Ferdinand Ehrhardt Animation Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Gregor Wittich Editing Andreas Bothe DOP Sebastian Ganschow, Leoni Gora Sound Design Manik Möllers, Samuel Krupke Original Score Clemens Gutjahr Szenenbild / Production Design Céline Ahlbrecht film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2024 ANIMAGE - International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Boa Vista, Brazil
2024 New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Sapporo, Japan
2024 TIAF Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan
2024 Animanima Festival, Čačak, Serbia
2024 Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
2024 Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2024 ANIMA Córdoba International Animation Festival, Argentina
2024 Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany ("Flensburger Querkopf")
2024 ReAnimania International Animation Film and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan, Armenia
2024 International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy (ISFVF), China
2024 London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom
2024 Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany (Baden-Württembergischer Filmpreis Animation)
2024 Kortfilmfestival Leuven, Belgium
2024 Filmfest Düsseldorf, Germany (Publikumspreis)
Awards
2025 Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis in Gold - Kategorie Animationsfilm bis 30 Minuten Laufzeit Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2025
School
Sales
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Sigrid Gairing
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • +49 7141 96982193
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Distribution
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de

Ferdinand Ehrhardt

Ferdinand Ehrhardt was born in Dresden in 1999. Acting with his brother's cuddly toys in his childhood bed somehow led to his studies in animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. There he learned audiovisual storytelling, and with the stop-motion short DETLEV he completed his studies in 2024.

Filmography
2019 Im Wind
2021 OBERVOGELGESANG
2024 DETLEV