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Freak of Nature

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2024 runtime 8'16 colour Color animation technique stop motion
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format 5.1 Audiomix

A shy and lonely creature is too scared to leave the old circus cage it once was trapped in until it finds a little seedling to care for. In order to keep the little plant alive with soil, water and sunlight, the creature has to confront its fear of the world step by step. Both the tree and the creature's courage grow until there is no more room in the cage. A stop-motion animated short film about personal growth and the process of overcoming fear.

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director Alexandra Lermer Production Alexandra Lermer Script Alexandra Lermer, Elisabeth Stein Editing Alexandra Lermer Szenenbild / Production Design Alexandra Lermer Animation Alexandra Lermer, Elisabeth Stein DOP Alexandra Lermer, Elisabeth Stein Sound Design Xavier Fleming, Nicole Pietruschka film school Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm
Festivals
2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada (Best Animation for Young Audiences 7+)
2024 Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
2024 Cork Film Festival, Ireland
2024 ANIMAGE - International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Boa Vista, Brazil
2024 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2024 Manchester Animation Festival, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Best Children's Film)
2024 London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2024 Viborg Animation Festival, Denmark
2024 CINANIMA Espinho International Animated Film Festival, Portugal
2024 Piccolo Festival Animazione, Pordenone, Italy (Special Mention)
2024 Animateka - International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2025 Black Movie International Independent Film Festival, Genf, Switzerland
2025 Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2025 Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (Regional Film Award)
2025 Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany
2025 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2025 20minmax Kurzfilmfestival Ingolstadt, Germany (Best Kids Short Film)
2025 Zlín Film Festival, Czech Republic
2025 Sehsüchte - Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival, Potsdam, Germany (Special Mention)
2025 IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2025 Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing, Germany
2025 FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho, Portugal
2025 Turku Animated Film Festival, Finland
2025 La Guarimba International Film Festival, Amantea, Italy
2025 Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Salamiou
2025 Seoul International Youth Film Festival, Korea (Republic of)
2025 dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Republic of Kosovo
2025 ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival, Nenzing, Bludenz, Austria
2025 LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
2025 Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Kraków, Poland
2025 Stop Motion MX Film Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
2025 Festival Internacional de Filmets, Badalona, Spain
2025 Lund Fantastic Film Festival, Sweden
2025 Cinekid Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
2025 Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland
2025 StopTrik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovenia (Young Audience Grand Prix)
School
  • Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm
  • Keßlerplatz 12
  • 90489 Nürnberg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 911 58800
  • http://www.th-nuernberg.de
Production
  • Alexandra Lermer
  • https://www.instagram.com/alexandraevalermer/
Distribution
  • Alexandra Lermer
  • https://www.instagram.com/alexandraevalermer/
Sales
  • Alexandra Lermer
  • https://www.instagram.com/alexandraevalermer/

Alexandra Lermer

Alexandra Lermer is a freelance illustrator, concept artist and stop-motion filmmaker from Regensburg. Since graduating, she has worked as a designer on a range of international projects from short films to commercials, as well as feature films.

Filmography
2024 Freak of Nature

Portrait of Alexandra Lermer