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Call of Cuteness

film type animated film, experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2017 runtime 4'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo

All that is outsourced, gets back to us in this consumerist nightmare. On a global playground the cat’s body is devoured. Objects are fetishized and subjects made into things. They are the natural resources of a luxury they will never know. The bodies reveal the causes and effects of power, pleasure and hate.

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Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/204913019

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director Brenda Lien Animation Brenda Lien Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Brenda Lien Szenenbild / Production Design Brenda Lien Schnitt / Editing Brenda Lien Bildgestaltung / DOP Brenda Lien Produktion / Production Brenda Lien Drehbuch / Script Brenda Lien Tongestaltung / Sound Design Oliver Rossol film school Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
Festivals
2017 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France
2017 Aspen Shortsfest, USA (Best Short Short)
2017 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
2017 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
2017 Animayo, Las Palmas, Spain
2017 EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany
2017 FiSH - Filmfestival im StadtHafen, Rostock, Germany
Awards
2017 Nominierung Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2017
Production
Distribution
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Axel Behrens
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • https://shortfilm.com
Sales
  • Ouat Media
  • 2844 Dundas Street West
  • M6P 1Y7 Toronto
  • +1 416 9797380
  • http://www.ouatmedia.com
School

Brenda Lien

Brenda Lien is a filmmaker and music producer. Her films have been screened at renowned film festivals worldwide (Berlinale Shorts, Oberhausen, Flickerfest, Uppsala, etc.) and received multiple awards. CALL OF COMFORT won the 2018 German Short Film Award. In 2020 Brenda Lien was awarded the Hesse Newcomer Prize.

Filmography
2015 Der gekerbte Raum aus Stein, gegen ein Ideal aus Glas
2016 Call of Beauty
2017 Call of Cuteness
2018 Call of Comfort

Portrait of Brenda Lien