AS A DIRECTOR

A puppet-like girl with blue hair sitting on a black house, holding a teddy bear, with a starry night sky in the background.
A top-down view of a child's bedroom with a bed, stuffed animals, and various toys scattered around, illuminated by a narrow beam of light.
A handmade doll with gray hair, big black eyes, and a stuffed teddy bear, sitting in a dark room.
A stuffed doll with gray hair holding a teddy bear stands in front of a mirror on a dark wooden wall, with shelves containing various objects next to it.
Dark room with three small rectangular windows on the ceiling, illuminated by moonlight, with pictures and posters on the walls, a small lamp providing light, and miscellaneous items such as a framed handprint, butterfly images, and a hanging dreamcatcher.
Behind the scenes

Entpuppt
shortfilm / stop-motion / 3:29 mins

A film by Angelina Damm, Lina Meyn and Anna-Sophia Strittmatter

Children grow up. But what if you don't want to be an adult yet?

When she is visited by her personified embarrassment, who decapitates her beloved cuddly toys, she outgrows her childrens room.

Dirctors, Animators: Angelina Damm, Anna-Sophia Strittmatter Director of photography: Lina Meyn Filmmusic: Dmitry Klenin

Illustration of a young girl with pink hair lying on a dark, spiraling staircase looking up, with an older woman with gray hair climbing the staircase. The background has concentric circles and the German phrase "Ganz weit weg," meaning "far away".
Top-down illustration of a living room with pinkish walls and wooden floor, featuring a fireplace, a sofa, a small table with a person sitting, and a circular hole in the center of the floor with wooden planks leaning into it.
A girl with red hair and a yellow sweater holding a toy airplane above her head in a kitchen. There is an empty bowl with a spoon on the table and a cereal box on the counter.
A cartoon character with orange hair, yellow jacket, and gray boots is lying face down inside a large, dark hole in the ground, holding a small object in their hand.
Two children are looking down into a dark hole in the ground, one with white hair and the other with red hair, both with backpacks.
Behind the scenes

GANZ WEIT WEG
shortfilm / digital 2D animation / 8:26 mins

written, directed, and lead animated

While her grandmother Elsa climbs down a mysterious hole every day, granddaughter Maditha can only walk on it. But as the hole grows regularly, she has to find out what's down there…

Producer: Anna-Lena Haas Animators: Viktoriia Turesk, Noel Wen, Timon Rubbert, Valeriia Diadukh Filmmusic: Leon Maximilan Brückner Sound design: Vladyslava Kandyba Foley Mixer: Cäcilie Willkommen Coloring: Verena Zwaygardt, Anna-Lena Haas, Anja Giele Voice-Over: Lara Leitner

AS AN ANIMATOR

A cartoon-style Halloween illustration featuring a frog dressed as a vampire with bat wings and a cupcake on its head, and a sleepy creature dressed as a witch with a yellow hat and a vest, standing in front of a spooky castle with red windows, surrounded by dark trees and bats, with the text "Delivery for Mr. Froguh" in red and green.
A dark, eerie landscape with a twisted, leafless tree, a yellow delivery truck with the words "Happy Motu" on it, and a large haunted castle in the background illuminated with red light. The scene is glowing with a greenish hue, and there is a streetlight casting light on the area.
A stuffed unicorn puppet dressed in a detective outfit, with a name badge 'Stella' and various pins, standing in a dimly lit room with teal and red lighting.
Costumed character resembling a frog with wings, dressed as a vampire, wearing a ruffled collar, in a dark, theatrical setting.
Close-up of puppets of characters from 'Labyrinth' in a dimly lit scene.
WATCH "DELIVERY FOR MR. FROGULA" HERE!
Behind the scenes

Delivery for Mr. Frogula
Spec Ad / stop-motion / 2:29 mins

directed by Vanessa Stachel

Stella the moth is delivering electronics. The job sucks. Especially because of the weird-ass clients. And this last client of the day seems to be especially weird…

Producers: Nadia Zimmermann, Jack Yevhen Baratov
Cinematography: Benedict Uphoff
Production Design: Charlotte Lanfranca
Concept Art and Character Design: Sascha May
Film Music: Kilian Oser
Sound Design: Manik Möllers
Editing: Eric Baudler
Animation: Anna-Sophia Strittmatter, Angelina Damm, Valeriia Diadiukh, Anna Müller, Leo Neumann, Julia Skala, Benjamin Wahl, Gina Stephan, Riyaaz Roy
Creat.Producer: Luca Merkle
Storyboard & Animatic: Nicolas Sperling
Ani-Consultant: David Sick
Colorist: Imri Agmon
Additional Camera: Sebastian Ganschow
VFX Superv.: Lutz Gottschalk
VFX-Artist: Lutz Gottschalk, Ludwig Baader, Constantin Meier
Set Photos: Tobias Eckerlin
Foley Artist: Elias Gürtler
Foley Mixer: Jan-Eric Heitland
Re-Recording Mixer: Manik Möllers
3D-Printing: Tobias Eckerlin
Special Props & 3D-Printing: Tom Tolle
Tailor: Timothee Baetz
Puppet Making Assistant: Hannah Bender
Production Design Assistants: Melanie Ngyuen-Pietsch, Lara Eisenschmid, Daniel Ghasemi Virsagh, Alejandra Diaz, Lasse Falk Manuel Endraß, Jessica Marie England, Ruth Faminu, Anja Giele, Benita Koch, Lena Könighofer , Julia Körner, Nandi Nastasja, Tobias Lischka , Liana Naumann, Fabian Nübling, Verena Stachel, Julienne Stein, Sabina Stöckler Voice: M. Rock, R. Trapp, D. Luukkonen

Poster for the film "What Was I Made For," featuring a cartoonish green creature with large eyes, a worried expression, and a small plant atop its head, with bold green text on a beige background.
A green cartoonish character with expressive eyes, a mustache, and a smile, wearing a jacket and hoodie, standing in front of a blue vehicle with a cloudy background.
Toy Antonio the Spiderman in a puddle on a wet ground at night.
A decorative figurine of an angry tomato lifting yellow dumbbells in a gym setting.
A person with a cauliflower head, glasses, and a lab coat sitting at a desk in an office setting, holding a piece of paper with a red drawing of a brain.
Behind the scenes

What was I made for
Spec Ad / stop-motion / 2:29 mins

directed by Anja Giele

Stevie the bean wants to look perfect for the grocery store. So, as usual, he goes to the gym. But this time something unexpected happens…

Producers: Leo Staron, Soraya Szendi Storyboard Artist & Animatic: Pascal Grob Character Design: Marie Roemer Co-Writer: Leonie Feliz Puppet Building: Anja Giele, Arne Hain Production Design: Mareike Rückert, Nele Cinematography: Vick Polok, Lukas Lindner Gaffer: Sascha Muschke Animation Producter: Adrian Steuer Animation: Angelina Damm, Anna-Sophia Strittmatter, Ilya Lorenz Barrett, Kijame, Elia Feuertopf, Jan Capar, Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Arne Hain, David Sick, Gina Stephan, Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen Editing: Julian Gilbert Additional Edditing & Mastering: Eric VFX Supervisor: Leopold Hönigsberger, Leopold Luther VFX Artist: Aaron Eisel Motion Design & Poster: Ole Bornitz Sounddesign: Moritz Peter Foley Artist: Marc Lehnert Foley Recordist: Simon Wasserfall Prop Maker: Erhard Production Design Assistant: Leonie, Philipp Friedrich, Marie Amoretti, Ansgar Beck, Felix Gla, Lubov Popova, Elena Bonometti, Cosima Gerish Tailor: Timothee Baetz 3D Assets: Chris Pichler Graphic Designer: Leo Staron, Philou Schmidt, Marie Amoretti Illustrator: Adina Barth, Lara Maria Carra, Marie Roemer Colorist: Vick Polok, Lukas Lindner Photographer: Lina Meyn Additional Set Runner: Julius Becher