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Stefan Leuchtenberg

Director
Stefan Leuchtenberg is a talented director known for his work in animation. He has worked on various animated projects, including short films and commercials. Some of his notable works include "The Gruffalo" and "Revolting Rhymes," both of which received critical acclaim. While there is limited information available about awards, Stefan Leuchtenberg's contributions to the animation industry have been well-received by audiences and critics alike.

Films

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

By Martin Wallner, Stefan Leuchtenberg

2010 | 14 min | Animation

A LOST AND FOUND BOX OF HUMAN SENSATION is an award-winning animation film about grief and loss by Stefan Leuchtenberg, based on a poem by Martin Wallner. "The audiovisual experience of A LOST AND FOUND BOX OF HUMAN SENSATION touches its audience deeply. No greater honour can be bestowed on a short film." (Europrix Multimedia Awards Jury) A young man's father dies because of pancreatic cancer and the boy has to cope with the loss. The film begins with the funeral and shows how feelings change ...

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The World We Live in

The World We Live in

2016 | 18 min | Animation

People on the move. Outside, a guardrail flies by in a blur. Drawn lines are superimposed on it. This film is about lines of life, lines that stretch from Eastern Europe to Germany. The filmmakers mix real images and animations superimposed on them, which repeatedly convey impressions of the emotional lives of the people portrayed. The drawings are also a protective cloak and a symbolic narrative device. On the soundtrack, the migrants talk about their existence in Germany. Often they are unemployed, ...

Robin

Robin

2008 | 21 min | Shorts

The film was shot on the "Kölnberg" high-rise complex in Cologne-Meschenich, which is considered a social hotspot. Hanno Olderdissens's graduation film from the International Film School Cologne was awarded more than ten prizes internationally. Robin is eight when his mother Sabine becomes pregnant again. Because Sabine is overwhelmed with child, new boyfriend and pregnancy, Robin has to go to a foster home. When he returns after three months, the situation has not improved at all. The mother's new ...

Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness

Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness

2015 | 9 min | Shorts

A weekend dad wants to show his teenage daughter his love by taking her to a car wash, but instead of the car wash, they end up on a life-changing adventure at the supermarket, at the endless sanitary napkin display. They get "help" from an older lady who shares stories that might be just a bit too intimate. CLUMSY LITTLE ACT OF TENDERNESS played at Oberhausen and Nordisk Panorama and received the Youth Jury Prize at the Tampere Film Festival.

Rot

Rot

2004 | 3 min | Shorts

A woman who has a penchant for the color yellow loves a man who only has eyes for the color red. To win him over, she comes up with a few ideas to convince him of her merits. Will her love be reciprocated? Malte Wirtz is a German filmmaker and theater director known for his experimental and independent work. With a background in theater studies and directing, Wirtz often combines socio-critical topics with unconventional aesthetic approaches in his works. His style is characterized by a clear handwriting ...

Rosa

Rosa

2004 | 2 min | Shorts

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Hinter der Tür

Hinter der Tür

2004 | 16 min | Shorts

Based on a true story, it tells the story of a Turkish woman living illegally in Germany who becomes the target of a police detective who goes after illegal aliens in Berlin. Alexander Kamensky's Chief Inspector of the Police Directorate 4 in Berlin-Kreuzberg. His job: foreigners. For fifteen years he has been scanning the neighborhood to find illegal aliens. If a suspect can't produce a residency permit, Kamensky starts deportation proceedings. Last year alone, he donated free flights to over over ...

You & Me

You & Me

2012 | 21 min | Shorts

Award winning short by Swiss-Turkish director Esen Isik, who graduated from the Zurich University of the Arts and has been winning prizes for her film work since. YOU & ME is a modern short about two girls navigating their teen years. Different cultural backgrounds and the sterile apartment building in the suburbs are not Linda and Sevilay’s problem. The problem for these two 15-year-old friends is their messed up parents. What the two teenagers really want to do is run away. Things come to a head ...

The Birthday

The Birthday

2015 | 16 min | Shorts

Berlin-based, Italian multi-talent Daniela Lucato was inspired by a love poem written by Christina Rossetti for her internationally recognized short film THE BIRTHDAY. The story: Ron is a young Taiwanese girl who lives in Berlin. On her birthday her best friend May comes to visit. Ron is secretely in love with May but she keeps May in the dark about her feelings. May though has a feeling that something is up and both of their lives are about to change. Filmmaker Daniela Lucato met the actress Vivian ...

Duke Ernest

Duke Ernest

1993 | 43 min | Animation

Duke Ernst is robbed of his castle as a result of a conspiracy and sent on the first crusade as penance. His journey takes him far beyond known borders into a world full of wonders and dangers. Accompanied by brave knights, he crosses the sea to reach the Orient, where he encounters numerous mythical creatures in his search for the legendary carbuncle: the one-legged Sciopods, the winged Ariasperns, the tiny Pygmies and the enigmatic birds Roch. During his adventures, he finds unexpected allies ...

Minus One

Minus One

2016 | 16 min | Shorts

Summer in Athens, and Elsa’s family isn’t the only one renting their apartment to tourists. At their "spare apartment" there’s little space for the young lady’s dreams.