Fuchs für Edgar / Fox for Edgar

Director: Pauline Kortmann

Short film • 2D • 7:00 min • © Pauline Kortmann 2021

Fox for Edgar (Fuchs für Edgar) Trailer from Talking Animals on Vimeo.

Edgar is not getting a lot of attention and affection from his parents, as they prefer spending time with their smartphones and laptops than with their son. In the forest, a fox helps lonely Edgar until his parents suddenly get a wake-up call.

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  • Credits

    Director & Producer: Pauline Kortmann

    Animation: Pauline Kortmann, Ulf Grenzer, Maxi Alker, Milen Vitanov, Jost Althoff

    Backgrounds: Pauline Kortmann

    Illustrations: Sandra Brandstätter

    Sound Design & Mix: Michał Krajczok

    Foley Artist: Daniel Weis

    Foley Recordist: Hanse Warns

    Voice Edgar: Beatrice Matis, 

    Voice Mother: Sonja Rohleder

    Voice Father: Marco Rosenberg

    Featuring Songs by: Zoë Keating

    Colour Grading & Finishing: Viktor Gette

    Additional Compositing: Sonja Rohleder

    Colour Consultant: Jan Schneider

    Script Consultant: Annette Friedmann

     

  • Festivals & Awards

    Awards:

    Best short film at Goldener Spatz – Deutsches Kinder Medien Festival (Gera/ Erfurt, Germany)

    2nd Prize Animated Short Film Children’s Jury at 38th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (Chicago, USA)

    Audience Award children 6-9 years at 9. PLAY – Lisbon’s International Children’s Film Festival (Lisbon, Portugal)

    Best International Short Film at Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (Kristiansand, Norway)

    1. Horizonte-Sonderpreis at 28. Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing (Thalmässing, Germany)

    Pink Panda Award (best children’s film) 6. Festival of Animation Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

    Jury Parents Award at CineO‘ – Festival di Cinema 2022 (Ospedale, Italy)

    Family Audience Award at Reggio Film Festival 2022 (Reggio Emilia, Italy)

    Festivals:

    29. Goldener Spatz – Deutsches Kinder Medien Festival (6.-12. june 2021, Gera/ Erfurt, Germany)

    9. Animator FEST – European Youth Festival of Animated Film (1.-5. september 2021, Jagodina, Serbia)

    60. Zlín Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth (9.-15. september 2021, Zlín, Czech Republic)

    8. Bremer Kinder- & Jugendfilmfest KIJUKO (2.-10. october 2021, Bremen, Germany)

    26. Schlingel – Internationales Filmfestival für Kinder und junges Publikum (9.-16. october 2021, Chemnitz, Germany)

    4. Sofia International Kid’s Film Festival (12.-17. october 2021, Sofia, Bulgaria)

    19. Film Front Festival (28.-31. october 2021, Novi Sad, Serbia)

    66. Cork International Film Festival (4.-14. november 2021, Cork, Ireland)

    38. Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (5.-14. november 2021, Chicago, USA)

    26. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (9.-14. november 2021, Winterthur, Switzerland)

    23. Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People (28. november – 5. december 2021, Pyrgos, Greece)

    39. International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! (28. november – 5. december 2021, Poznan, Poland)

    19. Bogotá Short Film Festival – BOGOSHORTS (7.-14. december, Bogotá, Colombia)

    39. Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival (5.-12. december, Poznan, Poland)

    32. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage (24. january – 6. february 2022, Bamberg, Germany)

    9. PLAY – Lisbon’s International Children’s Film Festival (12.-20 february, Lisbon, Portugal)

    28. Kineko International Children’s Film Festival (18.-22. march 2022, Tokyo, Japan)

    34. JEF Festival (19. february – 6. march 2022, Belgium)

    27. Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (18.-27. march 2022, Regensburg, Germany)

    Cinemagic ‘On the Pulse’ Short Film Festival (6th-31st march 2022, Belfast, Ireland)

    7. Ulju Mountain Film Festival (1.-10. april 2022, Ulsan, Korea)

    Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (26th april- 1st may 2022, Kristiansand, Norway)

    10. Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival (10th-17th may 2022, Seoul, Korea)

    28. Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing (13th + 14th may 2022, Thalmässing, Germany)

    2. Cactus International Children’s & Youth Film Festival (20.-22. may 2022, Aosta, Italy)

    The 22nd Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival (18th-22th may 2022, Martha’s Vineyard, USA)

    The 45. Norwegian Short Film Festival (8th-12th june, Grimstad, Norway)

    45. Festival du Film court en plein air de Grenoble (29th june-2nd july 2022, Grenoble, France)

    20. Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2022 (7th-20th june 2022, Tokyo, Japan)

    15. Fest Anča International Animation Film Festival (29th june – 3rd july 2022, Zilina, Slovakia)

    17. BIKY Busan International Kids and Youth Festival (8th-17th july 2022, Busan, Korea)

    13. Anibar International Animation Festival (13th-19th july 2022, Peja, Kosovo)

    47. Filmfest Weiterstadt (10th-14th august 2022, Weiterstadt, Germany)

    21. Concorto Film Festival (20th-27th august 2022, Pontenure, Italy)

    28. Nancy International Film Festival (26th august – 4th september 2022, Nancy, France)

    5. Festival of Animation Berlin (30th september – 2nd october 2022, Berlin, Germany)

    Filmzeit Allgäu (2th-16th october 2022, Allgäu, Germany)

    17. Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival (7th-16th october 2022, Bucharest, Romania)

    CineÒ – Festival del Cinema in Ospedale (12th-14th october 2022, Bari, Italy)

    Reggio Film Festival (26. october – 1. november 2022, reggio Emilia, Italy)

    19. London International Animation Festival (25th november – 4th december, London, UK)

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