Im Auto Tapes und Butterbrot
With Tapes and Toasts in the Car

new film type animated film, experimental film Production Country France, Germany production year 2025 runtime 14'17 colour Color animation technique 2D computer animation
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language German subtitles English, French

After a long illness, Shari learns that she has only a few months left to live. In an attempt to escape reality, the sky collapses above her, and she meets the cosmonaut dog Laika, which guides her on a spiritual journey through the universe. Like Laika, Shari is approaching her final rocket launch. In the silence of space, she realizes how fragile Earth is - and how precious time can be. She wants to spend her remaining days with her family, preferably in a car, with mixtapes. And toast.

director Kiana Naghshineh Production Regina Welker, Henrik von Müller, Antoine Liétout, Ivan Zuber Editing Regina Welker, Kiana Naghshineh Script Kiana Naghshineh DOP Kiana Naghshineh Original Score Ziggy Has Ardeur Sound Design Volker Armbruster Animation Isabelle Piolat, Camille Prot, Eliott Moreau Cast Masud Akbarzadeh, Pegah Ferydoni, Moné Sharifi
Festivals
2025 New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Sapporo, Japan
2025 Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia
2025 Beijing International Short Film Festival, China
2025 PÖFF Shorts, Tallin, Estonia
Production
Sales
  • MIYU Distribution
  • Luce Grosjean
  • https://miyu.fr/distribution
Distribution
  • MIYU Distribution
  • Luce Grosjean
  • https://miyu.fr/distribution

Kiana Naghshineh

Kiana Naghshineh studied animation at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg. She made several short films and worked on many projects. In 2014 she participated in an exchange program at Gobelins l’école de l’image in Paris. Now she works as a director, concept artist, and animator for several studios.

Filmography
2010 Der Uhrmacher und Sein Refugium
2012 Monstersinfonie
2013 Holding Brother’s Hand
2014 Dinokid
2015 Chocolate Darwin
2017 Creature PinUp
2018 Augenblicke
2025 Im Auto Tapes und Butterbrot