The ants are working together perfectly. But there is one ant who is doing everything differently.
Script & Direction: Julia Ocker
Design: Julia Ocker, Kiana Naghshineh, Christoph Horch, Paul Cichon
Technical Director: Ralf Bohde
Animatic: Anselm Pyta
Animation: Julia Ocker, Urte Zintler, Ina Gabriel, Dirk Reddig
Sounddesign, Music: Christian Heck, Sumophonic
Funding: MFG Baden-Württemberg, MDM
Co-Production: KiKA / SWR
Production Manager: Bianca Just
Producer: Thomas Meyer-Hermann
Production: Studio Film Bilder, 2018
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Awards:
Audience Honorable Mention, Gold Coast Film Festival, New York, USA, 2020
Audience Award, Utah Arts Festival “Fear no Film!”, USA, 2019
Favorite of the Day, Shorts at Moonlight, Hofheim, Germany, 2019
Award “Women in Animation”, Animatopia Children’s Festival, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2019
Audience Award, Athens Children’s Film Festival, Greece, 2018
Best Short for Small Children, Short Film Festival de Aguilar de Campoo, Spain, 2018
Public Award for Best Short, 2 years category, Barcelona Children’s Film Festival, Spain, 2018
First Prize, 4-6 Years, KUKI Short Film Festival for Children, Berlin, Germany, 2018 Audience Award for Best Family Animation, KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival, Holland, 2018
Best Pre-School Short Film, FAN Chile, Nunoa, Chile, 2018
Award of the Young Audience (3-6), Festival Silhouette, Paris, France, 2018
Coup de Coeur Benshi, Festival Silhouette, Paris, France, 2018
Best Short Animation, children’s jury (6-8), Festival de Cine para Niños, Mexico City, 2018
Best Children’s Short, Anima Mundi Festival Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018
Best Short, Elements 3 section, Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, 2018
Honorable mention, Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festival, Portugal, 2018
Audience Choice Award, Singapore Children’s Film Festival, 2018
Best Short Film, Festival de Cinéma en Famille de Québec, Canada, 2018
Best Children’s Film, Short Film Festival Bamberg, Germany, 2018
Golden Elephant of the Children’s Jury, Travelling Festival, Brittany, France, 2018
Prix Ecole & Cinema, Travelling Festival, Brittany, France, 2018
Audience Award for the Best Short Film, Anima Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 2018