Rising Hope

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2012 runtime 10'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby A
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby A

Rising Hope, once the fastest horse in the world, suddenly turns into a loser. With the help of a new friend - a jack-of-all-trades hound - it finds hope and its true nature.

director Milen Vitanov Animation Lars Krüger, Martin Freitag, Michael Herm, Milen Vitanov, Nikolai Neumetzler, Stefan Klauss Produktion / Production Milen Vitanov Drehbuch / Script Milen Vitanov, Vera Trajanova Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Marian Mentrup, Stefan Maria Schneider Schnitt / Editing Jens Prausnitz, Martin Reimers Bildgestaltung / DOP Olaf Aue Tongestaltung / Sound Design Michal Krajzcok film school Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Festivals
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
ANIMA MUNDI, International Animation Festival of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany
Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Portugal
DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany
KROK International Animated Films Festival, Russian Federation
Bradford Animation Festival, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), Providence, Newport, USA (Youth Jury Award Best Animation)
Cartoons On The Bay - International Festival on Television Animation, Salerno, Italy (Special Award Cartoons & Sport)
Die 24 Stunden von Nürnberg Kurzfilmfestival, Germany (Publikumspreis)
Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA
Production
  • Talking Animals Animation Collective
  • Milen Vitanov
  • http://www.talking-animals.com
Distribution
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Deutschland
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Sales
  • Talking Animals Animation Collective
  • Milen Vitanov
  • http://www.talking-animals.com
School
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Deutschland
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de

Milen Vitanov

Born 1978 in Prague, raised in Sofia, Bulgaria;
graduated in animation from the Academy of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf" in 2007;
his shorts have participated in many international festivals and received numerous prestigious awards;
together with a group of fellow graduates and friends he co-founded the Talking Animals Animation Collective in Berlin

Filmography
2007 My Happy End
2012 Rising Hope
2015 Natural Novel in 8 Chapters
2016 Bango Vassil