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Das Floß

The Raft

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18 Awards

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Synopsis

After a terrible tempest, two sailors are drifting on a raft somewhere in the sea. Together they are fighting for their survival, but when they catch a small fish, their friendship ceases to exist.

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Production Company

Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Director

Jan Thuering

Producer

Daniel Mann

Awards

Best Short Film

20^th Cartoon Club: International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, 2004

Best Animation

8^th LA Shorts Fest, 2004

SeNef Online Grand Prize

5^th Seoul Net and Film Festival, 2004

2nd Place - Best German Short Film

20^th Interfilm: International Short Film Festival Berlin, 2004

Best Animation Film

9^th Tehran International Short Film Festival, 2004

Best Animation

10^th Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, 2004

Best Animation

MFA International Film Festival, 2005

Best Student Short Film

FICCI BAF Awards, 2005

Audience Award

3^rd Internationales Medienfestival Villingen-Schwenningen, 2005

Platinum Remi - Computer-generated

38^th WorldFest Houston International Film and Video Festival, 2005

2nd Prize - Animation

8^th Inventa un Film: Concorso di Cortometraggi a Tema, 2005

Best Cinematography

4^th Almería en corto: International Short Film Festival, 2005

Best Fiction Short Film

12^th Catalonia International Environmental Film Festival, 2005

Special Mention

9^th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentary and Short Films, 2005

Outstanding Animation Award

10^th Angelus Student Film Festival, 2005

Grand Prize

11^th Filmfestival Münster, 2005

Audience Prize

Trigital Film Festival, 2005

Special Jury Award

7^th Sousse International Film Festival for Children and Youth, 2006

Previous Screenings

2004

15^th Emden International Film Festival, Germany

16^th World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, Croatia

Mundos Digitales International Animation Festival, Spain

12^th Anima Mundi, Brazil

20^th Cartoon Club: International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Italy

8^th Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, South Korea

19^th Alpinale European Film Festival, Austria

10^th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan

8^th LA Shorts Fest, USA

9^th Milano Film Festival, Italy

5^th Seoul Net and Film Festival, South Korea

10^th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece

7^th Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival, Japan

1^st China International Cartoon and Digital Art Festival, China

5^th Imago International Young Film Festival, Portugal

30^th Ekofilm: International Film Festival on the Environment and Natural and Cultural Heritage, Czech Republic

6^th Backup Festival: New Media in Film, Germany

47^th DOK Leipzig: International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany

20^th Interfilm: International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany

31^st Brussells International Independent Film Festival, Belgium

3^rd Juventud International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Argentina

11^th Bradford Animation Festival, United Kingdom

15^th Ljubljana Film Festival, Slovenia

9^th Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran

4^th FIKE: Évora International Short Film Festival, Portugal

17^th Foyle Film Festival, United Kingdom

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan

10^th Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, Germany

5^th AniMadrid: International Animation Festival, Spain

2005

15^th Bamberg Short Film Festival, Germany

Future Film Festival, Italy

Animex: International Festival of Animation, United Kingdom

24^th Anima: Brussels Animation Film Festival, Belgium

22^nd BUFF: International Children and Young People's Film Festival, Sweden

MFA International Film Festival, Spain

FICCI BAF Awards, India

3^rd Internationales Medienfestival Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

17^th Filmfest Dresden: International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Germany

Nashville Film Festival, USA

2^nd Reanimacja: Animated Film Festival, Poland

52^nd Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia & Montenegro

38^th WorldFest Houston International Film and Video Festival, USA

3^rd Anima: Córdoba International Animation Festival, Argentina

9^th Cartoons on the Bay: International Festival on Television Animation, Italy

34^th International Student Film Festival sehsüchte, Germany

4^th Anifest: Trebon International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic

4^th Almería en corto: International Short Film Festival, Spain

8^th Inventa un Film: Concorso di Cortometraggi a Tema, Italy

12^th Catalonia International Environmental Film Festival, Spain

33^rd Huesca Film Festival, Spain

26^th Durban International Film Festival, South Africa

2^nd Neisse Filmfestival, Germany

56^th FilmVideo: Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy

8^th Expresión en Corto International Film Festival, Mexico

20^th Odense Film Festival, Denmark

9^th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Egypt

8^th Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Australia

3^rd Tindirindis International Animated Film Festival, Lithuania

Abgedreht International Short Film Festival, Germany

8^th La Boca del Lobo International Short Film Festival, Spain

11^th Filmfestival Münster, Germany

10^th Angelus Student Film Festival, USA

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan

7^th Puchon International Student Animation Festival, South Korea

2^nd "No Words" International Short Film Festival, Italy

Trigital Film Festival, Austria

5^th zwergWERK Oldenburg Short Film Festival, Germany

12^th Etiuda & Anima International Film Festival, Poland

6^th International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey

36^th International Film Festival of India, India

FILMZ: Festival of German Films, Germany

8^th Short Cuts Cologne: International Short Film Festival, Germany

2006

Shortы moviefest, Russia

3^rd La Pedrera Short Film Festival, Uruguay

6^th Sonar Film Festival, Italy

7^th Sousse International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Tunisia

9^th Sagunt Short Film Festival, Spain

4^th BIMINI: International Festival of Animated Films, Latvia

11^th Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada

Filmmakers

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Companies

Production

Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Sales/Distribution

Gilles Mann Filmproduktion

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Production Country

Germany

Completion Date

2004

Running Time

9 min 30 s

Animation Techniques

3D Computer

Stop-motion

Dialogue Languages

No Dialogue

Subtitle Languages

No Subtitles

Picture

Color

Aspect Ratio

2.35:1

Production Formats

Computer-generated

Still Camera

Updated: 26 Dec 2008

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Das Floß

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