FRÜHLING / Spring

Together with eyecatchproductions we recently finished the production of “Frühling” (Spring/Printemps), the newest animated short directed by Moritz Mayerhofer. The film is currently traveling the festival circuit.

SYNOPSIS
After a long winter a bee is looking for spring.
Based on the classic poem “It is Spring” by Eduard Moerike (1829), musically interpreted by Hugo Wolf (1888).

FESTIVALS
ITFS International Festival of animated Film – 2019 (Best of Baden-Württemberg) / Zinetxiki Zinemaldia / Babul Eco Film Fest 2019 / Festival Carton / New Earth Intl Film Festival / Festival cine Zaragoza / KINOdiseea Romania / ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival / FICCAB – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Cine Alternativo de Benalmádena / NAFF / Constantines Gold Coin / …

STILLS

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IHWA – Liedbühne
The film is having it’s Online Premiere on the official website of the Hugo-Wolf-Akademie:

KEY-FACTS
Running Time: 2 Minutes 41 Seconds
Country/Year: Germany 2019
Language: No Dialogue
Format: 2D DCP, 1:1,85, Color, Surround 5.1; Blu-Ray, DVD
Technique: 2D & 3D Animation

MAKING OF

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CAST & CREW

Written & Directed by Moritz Mayerhofer
Producer: Christian Müller, Moritz Mayerhofer
Character Design: Nikolai Neumetzler
Technical Director: Daniel Wichterich
Backgrounds: Lea Trägenap, Moritz Mayerhofer
Additional Music, Sound & Mix: Steve Patuta
Poem: “Er ist’s” by Eduard Mörike
English translation with courtesy of Bertram Kottmann
Music: Hugo Wolf: Er ist’s (Mörike-Lieder N°6)
Soprano: Christiane Karg
Piano: Burkhard Kehring
Courtesy of Berlin Classics

supported by
BKM – Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
Internationale Hugo-Wolf-Akademie, Dr. Cornelia Weidner