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Die graue March (Greylands), 11’49 Min, Multiplane Animation, 2023

Co-Directors: Charlotte Waltert & Alvaro Schoeck / Screenplay: Alvaro Schoeck / Design & Animation: Charlotte Waltert / Editing: Marina Rosset / Supervising Sound Design: Johanna Wienert / Music: Bo Wiget / Conforming & Clean up: Rafael Sommerhalder

Produktion: Virage Film / Distribution: Square Eyes / World Sales: interfilm Berlin

Festivals & Screenings:

Animafest –World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb,Croatie (5–10 June,2023)
Grand Competition – Short Film
Concorto Film Festival, Italy (19–26 August,2023)
International Competition
Imaginaria – International Animated Film Festival, Italy (21–26 August, 2023)
Main Competition
Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece (4–10 September, 2023)
International Animation Competition
FANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland (5–10 September, 2023)
National and International Competition
Animasyros | 26 Sept – 1 Oct 23 | Syros | Greece
International Panorama Short Film
International Animation Festival AJAYU | 04 – 8 October 23 | Puno | Peru Official Selection
Animatou | 05 – 14 October 23 | Geneva | Switzerland | Swiss Competition
Taichung International Animation Festival | 13 – 21 October 23 | Taichung, Taiwan | International Competition
Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) | 20 – 24 October 23 | Bucheon, South Korea | Short Film Competition
CRAFT International Animation Festival (CRAFTanimfest) |
23 – 28 October 23 | Malang | East Java Indonesia | International Competition of Stop-Motion & Traditional Techniques in Animation
LOBO FEST – Festival Internacional de Filmes | 23 – 30 October 23 | Brasília | Brazil | Competition
El Gouna Film Festival 2023 | postponed | El Gouna | Egypt |Official selection
Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival | 24 – 28 October 23 | Banja Luka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Main Competition
Animario | Madrid International Contemporary Animation Festival |
26 – 29 October 23 | Madrid | Spain | International Short Film Competition
REX Animation Festival 27 October – 2 November 23 | Stockholm | Sweden | Panorama
TIAF – Tbilisi International Animation Festival | 2 – 5 November 23 | Tbilisi | Georgia | Official Selection
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival | 03 – 19 November 23 | Chicago | USA | Official Selection
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage | 22 – 26 November 23 | Flensburg | Germany | Competition
Beirut Shorts – NDU International Film Festival | 21 – 24 November 23 | Beirut | Lebanon | Official Selection
Animateka | 27 November – 3 December 23 | Ljubliana | Slovenia | Eastern/Central European (Main) Competition
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo |1 – 9 December 23 | Campo | Spain | Competition
SPIFF | 06-07 January 2024 | Pune | India | Official Selection
Kino Lux | 12 January 24 | Affoltern A.a. | Switerland | Official Screening
Solothurner Filmtage | 17 – 24 January 24 | Solothurn | Switzerland | Panorama Schweiz – Animation Competition
Kino Xenix | 18 – 21 January 24 | Zürich | Switzerland | Official Screening
Tricky Women| 06 March-10 March 2024| Vienna |Austria| Official Selection
Imaxinaria Festival| 06 March-10 March 2024| A Coruña |Spain| Competition
Macao International Shorts Film Festival| 23 March-30 March 2024| Macao |China| International Competition
Akbank Short Film Festival| 23 March-04 April 2024| Istanbul |Türkiye| Official Selection
Filmfest Dresden | 16 – 21 April 24 | Dresden | Germany | Open Air Program
Bergwelten-Filmfestival Stans | 29 May – 02 June 24 | Stans | Switzerland | Short film competition
Zlín Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth | 30 May – 05 June 24 | Zlín | Czech Republic | non-competitive section
Festival du film d’animation de Savigny | 08 June 24 | Savigny | Switzerland | International competition program
Ouray International Film Festival | 20 – 23 June 24 | Ouray | USA | Official Selection
Aigio International Short Film Festival „Theodoros Angelopoulos“ |
24 – 30 June 24 | Aigio | Greece | International Animation Competition
International Animation Festival Fest Anča | 25 – 30 June 24 | Žilina | Slovakia | Short films from around the world
Tabor Film Festival | 06 – 07 July 2024 | Desinić | Croatia | International competition
International Ethnographic Ukrainian-Bulgarian Film Festival OKO | 08.-15.09.2024/08.-15.11.2024 | Bolhrad/Sofia | Ukraine/Bulgaria | International competition
Chiaroscuro International Film Festival | 27-28 Sept 2024 | Bergamo | Italy | Official selection
Animal Nature Future Film Festival | 27 Sept – 05 Okt 2024| London | UK | Official selection
Curt’Arruda Film Festival | 09 – 13 Okt 2024 | Arruda dos Vinhos Lisboa | Portugal | Official selection
Festival du Premier Court-Métrage | 12 – 13 Okt 2024 | Pontault-Combault | France | Official selection
Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival | 12 – 19 Okt 2024 | Gaeta | Italy | Official selection
Dutch Mountain Film Festival | 31 Okt – 05 Nov 2024 | Heerlen/Aachen | Netherlands/Germany | Official selection
ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival! | 06 -11 Nov 2024 | Targu-Mures | Romania | Competition
Cartoon Club-Riminicomix 2025| 17 Jul – 20 Jul 2025 | Rimini | Italy | Competition

Awards:

Best Swiss Award, Fantoche 2023, International Animation Film Festival Baden
Mention, Swiss Jury, Animatou 2023, Geneva Animation Film Festival
Best Technical Contribution Award, Macao International Short Film Festival 2024, China
Nomination in the Category „Best sound design and music in short film“ of the Emile Awards 2024
Best Newcomer Award, Dutch Mountain Film Festival 2024, Heerlen/Achen
Innerschweizer Filmpreis 2025

Media

A Kind Of Testament,’ ‘Greylands,’ ‘Pirate And A Cello’ Top Fantoche 2023 Awards on Cartoon Brew
Binocular Briefs – December 2023 on Animation World Network

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