TIME

new film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2025 runtime 5'42 colour Color animation technique stop motion, 2D computer animation
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format 5.1 Audiomix
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo

TIME is a dystopian and darkly whimsical animated short unfolding in fragmented vignettes where characters collide – each caught in their own rhythm of time. From the seemingly endless drift of an hourglass to the frantic pulse of a multitasking worker, the film paints a surreal mosaic of how time is perceived, stretched, and fractured.

director Max Mörtl, Robert Löbel Sound Design David Kamp Script Max Mörtl, Robert Löbel Editing Max Mörtl DOP Max Mörtl Animation Max Mörtl, Robert Löbel, Anne-Lou Erambert Production Robert Löbel
Festivals
2025 Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budaörs, Hungary
2025 Piccolo Festival Animazione, Pordenone, Italy
2025 Feinaki - Beijing Animation Week, China
2025 London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom
2025 Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2026 Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany
2026 ANIMAC - International Animation Film Festival, Lleida, Spain
2026 kontrast - Das Bayreuther Filmfest, Germany
2026 Roanne International Animation Short Film Festival, France
2026 Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest, Hungary
2026 Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia
2026 Cardiff Animation Festival, United Kingdom
2026 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2026 Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany
2026 International Animation Film Festival Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria
2026 Pictoplasma Conference & Festival, Berlin, Germany
2026 mo&friese Kinder Kurzfilm Festival, Hamburg, Germany
2026 CHILEMONOS International Animation Festival, Las Condes Santiago, Chile
2026 La Guarimba International Film Festival, Amantea, Italy
Production
  • Robert Löbel
  • +49 163 9106901
  • http://www.robertloebel.com
Distribution
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Anna Leimbrinck
  • Bodenstedtstr.16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • Germany
  • +49 40 3910 6328
  • http://shortfilmsales.com
Sales
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Anna Leimbrinck
  • Bodenstedtstr.16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • Germany
  • +49 40 3910 6328
  • http://shortfilmsales.com

Max Mörtl

Max Mörtl studied communication design in Augsburg and Hamburg. He completed his degree in 2012 with the interactive music video VISUAL BEAT. As a freelance animation filmmaker focusing on stop-motion, he created the short film ISLAND with Robert Löbel in the KLIMPA collective, which was shown at over 140 festivals.

Filmography
2009 DER KONSUMENT
2009 S SSYP
2015 VISUAL BEAT
2017 ISLAND
2025 TIME

Robert Löbel

Robert Löbel is an animator and illustrator. He studied graphic design at the Baltic Sea and illustration in Hamburg. He lives with his small family in a small cozy city near Berlin and somehow tries to combine freelance work and making independent films without losing his head.

Filmography
2013 WIND
2017 ISLAND
2017 LINK
2025 TIME
2026 BLA BLA BLA (in production)