Mammal

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2007 runtime 8'00 colour
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR

With surrealistic pictures, the film describes the growing pains of adolescence. The attempts of a young man to disengage from an overbearing mother.

director Astrid Rieger Animation Stefan Ringelschwandtner Besetzung / Cast Achim Schauffele, Astrid Rieger, Michaela Tschubenko Schnitt / Editing Astrid Rieger Drehbuch / Script Astrid Rieger Bildgestaltung / DOP Mark Liedtke Tongestaltung / Sound Design Alexander Dumitran
Festivals
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig, Germany
Brest European Short Film Festival, France
Cork Film Festival, Ireland
Filmschau FrankfurtRheinMain, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Kolkata International Film Festival, India
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
Molodist International Film Festival, Kiew, Ukraine
KunstFilmBiennale, Köln, Germany
London International Film Festival, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Bunter Hund - Internationales Kurzfilmfestival München, Germany
Internationales Kurzfilmfestival "Wie wir leben!", München, Germany
Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA
CURTA CINEMA - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil
Soester Kurzfilmtage, Germany
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Internationales Kurzfilmfest Straubing, Germany (Hauptpreis der Jury)
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (Bester Beitrag Deutscher Wettbewerb)
VIENNA SHORTS, Wien, Austria (Publikumspreis)
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany (Arte-Preis)
Internationales Videofestival Bochum, Germany (Jurypreis)
Capalbio International Film Festival, Italy (Kamerapreis)
Magma International Short Film Festival, Acireale, Italy (Lorenzo Vecchio Preis)
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Astrid Rieger

Graduated in 2006 from the Offenbach Art and Design University;
her films have been featured at numerous international film festivals and won several awards

Filmography
2002 Luftlöcher
2002 Die Expedition zum Südpol
2004 Rimbaud
2006 Apple On A Tree
2007 Mammal