PLEASE SAY SOMETHING

Beastly Good!

Our animation short film series Death and other fun things to do has them all: dogs, cats, mice and even a whole virgin forest – but, of course, even more…

We already reported about the award-winning love life of a cat lady and a mouse in PLEASE SAY SOMETHING by David O’Reilly which was awarded Best Short Film at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival and has just won the German Short Film Prize in Gold in the category animation/experimental film. The reduced and inventitive art work which surprisingly touches the audience was particularly praised by the jury. “This peculiar short pixel-love story between cat and mouse leaves you far more touched than many large-scale production with a  top-class cast” says the jury. And we say: A must-see!

Simon Tofield’s cat comics (Spotlight on: from September, 1) are also touching and inspiring. Inspired by his own cats Hugh, Maisie, Jess and Teddy, he triggered a proper fan boom on the world wide web with SIMON’S CAT: His four films reached over 29 million hits on youtube which got him the Blockbuster Award. Meanwhile, the correspondent comic book has been released. Three of the cat comics will be shown at britspotting: LET ME IN, TV DINNER and FLY GUY.

Stephen Irwin’s THE BLACK DOG’S PROGRESS tells the story of the sad destiny of a rejected dog which is bounced around. In the style of a flip-book, the disturbing story of the dog is revealed bit by bit. The sophisticated animation is accompanied by vivid music. THE BLACK DOG’S PROGRESS has been shown at numerous festivals and just won the Design Award at the Klik! Amsterdam Animation Festival. The britspotting audience already knows Stephen Irwin from 2005, when his film DIALOG was shown.

ROUND by Kirk Hendry is an animation which is one-of-a-kind. The story about death and birth in the jungle is told exclusively by a shadow play of hands. Therefore, an Argentinian artist will be engaged who strikingly illustrates flora and fauna with his hands. The film also features something for our acoustic senses: the British band XX Teens contributes the Song Round of their album Welcome To Goon Island.

You can see a full list of our short film series Death and other things to do here.

DEATH AND OTHER FUN THINGS TO DO – ANIMATIONS (80 min):
November, 14 - 10:30 pm – Das Filmcafé
November, 15 - 8:30 pm – Das Filmcafé

britspotting rewind:
November, 16 - 10:00 pm – Das Filmcafé

Get a taste of Simon Tofield’s cat films with TV DINNER here: