PATCH

film type animated film Production Country Germany, Switzerland production year 2014 runtime 3'20 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Digital
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround

The tension between abstraction and recognisability is explored by means of abstract painting. For this purpose, iconographic images and cinematographic symbols are transformed into abstract paintings and re-arranged with the aid of different animation techniques.

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director Gerd Gockell Animation Gerd Gockell, Ute Heuer Schnitt / Editing Gerd Gockell Bildgestaltung / DOP Gerd Gockell Produktion / Production Gerd Gockell Szenenbild / Production Design Ute Heuer Drehbuch / Script Ute Heuer Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Phil McCammon Tongestaltung / Sound Design Thomas Gassmann
Festivals
2014 Solothurner Filmtage, Switzerland (3rd Prize Trickfilm Wettbewerb)
2014 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France (Jury Award)
2014 Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
2014 Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
2014 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2014 filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, Germany
2014 Animateka - International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 Mecal Pro - Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, Spain
Production
  • Gerd Gockell Filmproduktion
  • Gerd Gockell
  • Etterlinhalde 1
  • 6004 Luzern
Distribution
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Axel Behrens
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • https://shortfilm.com
Sales
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Stine Wangler
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 40 39106328
  • http://sales.shortfilm.com

Gerd Gockell

Born 1960 in Darmstadt;
1980-1987 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Brunswick;
since 1992 various teaching appointments;
2002-2011 Head of Animation Department, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland;
lives and works in Lucerne and Hanover

Filmography
1990 CROFTON ROAD SE 5
1991 BUSY BODY – Das Interesse am Nachbarn
1993 MILES, SO WHAT!
1995 TOSSING PIES
2000 MURATTI & SAROTTI
2002 FIGHT THE CINEMA
2004 RESTORED WEEKEND
2008 OPTICAL PERCUSSION
2014 PATCH
2015 CATS & DOGS
2022 Piano Pieces