Cats & Dogs

film type animated film Production Country Germany, Switzerland production year 2015 runtime 6'12 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Digital

An animated short film for children about friendship. One cannot force a friendship, but an emergency can build it.

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director Jesús Pérez, Gerd Gockell Animation Jesús Pérez, Jonas Schmieta, Ute Heuer Original-Filmmusik / Original Score David Hohl Schnitt / Editing Gerd Gockell Bildgestaltung / DOP Gerd Gockell Produktion / Production Gerd Gockell Drehbuch / Script Gerd Gockell, Elisabeth Hüttermann Tongestaltung / Sound Design Thomas Gassmann
Festivals
2015 Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
2015 Animatou - International Animated Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland (Prix Public)
2015 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA
2016 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
2016 Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Children)
Production
  • Gerd Gockell Filmproduktion
  • Gerd Gockell
  • Etterlinhalde 1
  • 6004 Luzern
Distribution
  • MAGNETFILM
  • Georg Gruber
  • Torstr. 154
  • 10115 Berlin
  • +49 30 24628156
  • http://www.magnetfilm.de
Sales
  • MAGNETFILM
  • Georg Gruber
  • Torstr. 154
  • 10115 Berlin
  • +49 30 24628156
  • http://www.magnetfilm.de

Jesús Pérez

Born 1954 in Bolivia;
since 1977 animation films;
since 1995 realizing animated films about migration and globalization for German and Swiss schools;
since 2002 professor for animation at the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts

Filmography
1977 UN INSTANTE -UNA VIDA
1978 EL PASTOR MENTIROSO
2000 MITEINANDER
2005 PUNKT & STRICHE
2006 ICH UND DIE ANDEREN
2006-2008 CAMINAR EN DEMOCRACIA
2011 DER GROßE BRUDER

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