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Knight Games

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8 Awards

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Synopsis

A dragon teaches his son the necessary techniques to defend himself against a knight's blows. To give the young dragon some practice, they use the help of a young princess to lure knights into a gruesome battle. But not everything goes to plan…

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Production Company

Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Director

Sven Martin

Producers

Daniel Mann

Marco Gilles

Awards

NOMINATION
Best Student 3D Animation

1^st International 3D Awards, 2003

Coup de Coeur

Les e-magiciens, 2003

2nd Prize - Best Short Animation

Animex: International Festival of Animation, 2004

2nd Prize - Computer Animation Award

Animex: International Festival of Animation, 2004

Producers Award

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung Short Film Award, 2004

Audience Award - Student Competition

16^th World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, 2004

Silver Award

3^rd International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy, 2004

Special Award for Animation

1^st Bergische Short Film Festival, 2004

Best Animation Award

3^rd La Pedrera Short Film Festival, 2006

Previous Screenings

2003

Future Film Festival, Italy

1^st International 3D Awards, Denmark

3^rd Ludwigsburg European Short Film Biennale, Germany

11^th Anima Mundi, Brazil

30^th SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, USA

60^th Venice Film Festival, Italy

8^th Milano Film Festival, Italy

Orinda Film Festival, USA

9^th Lund International Fantastic Film Festival, Sweden

4^th Bergen International Film Festival, Norway

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

5^th Puchon International Student Animation Festival, South Korea

17^th AFI Fest, USA

10^th Bradford Animation Festival, United Kingdom

Cardiff Screen Festival, United Kingdom

24^th Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, France

41^st Gijón International Film Festival, Spain

4^th Student and Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers, Estonia

13^th DaKino: Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania

Les e-magiciens, France

FILMZ: Festival of German Films, Germany

9^th Filmfestival Münster, Germany

36^th Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain

7^th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival + Animated Dreams, Sleepwalkers, Just Film, Estonia

9^th Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Australian Effects and Animation Festival, Australia

2004

Animex: International Festival of Animation, United Kingdom

26^th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France

22^nd IMAGINA: European Digital Content Creation Festival, Monaco

23^rd Anima: Brussels Animation Film Festival, Belgium

5^th Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany

2^nd Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables, Japan

12^th Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Filmmakers, Greece

12^th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany

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

20^th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, Netherlands

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung Short Film Award, Germany

4^th Tete de Mule Festival de Cinema Jeune Public, France

4^th goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Germany

5^th Ciberart Bilbao International Festival of New Technologies, Art and Communication, Spain

4^th Soester Short Film Festival, Germany

15^th Emden International Film Festival, Germany

10^th International Student Film Festival Tel Aviv, Israel

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

1^st Neisse Filmfestival, Germany

34^th Lubuskie Film Summer, Poland

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

8^th Umbria Film Festival, Italy

New Zealand International Film Festivals, New Zealand

53^rd Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia

11^th Krok: International Animated Film Festival, Russia

10^th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan

1^st Fresh Film Fest: International Student Film Festival, Czech Republic

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

3^rd International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy, China

3^rd Victoriaville Short Film Festival, Canada

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan

1^st Bergische Short Film Festival, Germany

2005

15^th Bamberg Short Film Festival, Germany

9^th Kinofilm: Manchester International Short Film Festival, United Kingdom

25^th Fantasporto: Oporto International Film Festival, Portugal

15^th Cinequest: San Jose Film Festival, USA

New York International Children's Film Festival, USA

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

5^th Sonar Film Festival, Italy

2^nd Reanimacja: Animated Film Festival, Poland

3^rd Anima: Córdoba International Animation Festival, Argentina

8^th Cervino International Film Festival, Italy

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

8^th Sherbrooke Short Film Festival, Canada

Abgedreht International Short Film Festival, Germany

13^th ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival, Romania

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

Trigital Film Festival, Austria

5^th zwergWERK Oldenburg Short Film Festival, Germany

36^th International Film Festival of India, India

2006

Shortы moviefest, Russia

3^rd La Pedrera Short Film Festival, Uruguay

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

FEST: International Youth Film Festival, Portugal

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Production

Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Sales/Distribution

Gilles Mann Filmproduktion

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Production Country

Germany

Completion Date

May 2003

Running Time

6 min 30 s

Animation Techniques

3D Computer

Dialogue Languages

No Dialogue

Subtitle Languages

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Picture

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Aspect Ratio

1.85:1

Production Formats

Computer-generated

Classification

FSK: ab 6 (Germany)

Updated: 26 Dec 2008

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