Birdstrike

short film

"In case of a mid-air collision between airplanes and birds, the birds are usually the ones to get the short end of the stick. But what if the airplane is smaller than the bird?"

The six minute long 3d animated short film was produced at the 'Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg' during 'Filmgestaltung 2' tutored by Gil Alkabetz. The film was written, directed and animated by Johannes Schiehsl. The film is also available for stereo 3d cinemas for both anaglyph or shutter/polarized projection.

Written, directed & animated by
Johannes Schiehsl

Producer
Johannes Schiehsl

Music
Otto M. Schwarz

Sounddesign
Johannes Schiehsl

Dramatic advisor
Gil Alkabetz

Project assistance
Tonja Adler

Production manager
Thomas Lechner

Thanks to
Julia Ocker
Conrad Tambour
Patrick Schuler
Kai Servay
Rob Gibbs
Viola Baier
Gil Alkabetz
Tonja Adler
Katharina Fiedler
David Maas

Special thanks to
Sabine Hirtes and Institute of Aanimation

a Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg production
Winter term 2007/08

AWARDS
«Senior Rossi Award» Cartoon Club Rimini 2009, Italy
Nomination «Deutscher Nachwuchsfilmpreis»

SCREENINGS
Up- and Coming Festival 2009 Hannover, Germany
Animation Block Party 2009, New York USA
AniFest 2009, Czech Republic
Anilogue 2008, Hungary
Anima Mundi 2009, Brazil
Brazilian Student Film Festival 2009, Brazil
Concorto Film Festival 2009, Italy
Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourense 2009, Spain
İstanbul Animasyon Festivali 2008, Turkey
Monstra Lisbon Animated Film Festival 2009, Portugal
Kalamazoo Animation Festival International 2009, Michigan USA
VGIK International Festival 2008, Russia
Zlínský pes 2008, Czech Republic
SkenaUp 2008, Kosovo
ReAnimacja 2009, Poland
Tehran International Animation Festival 2009, Iran
Neum Animation Film Festival 2009, Bosnia
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2009, Germany
Grenzland-Filmtage Selb 2009, Germany
Sehsüchte - International Student Film Festival 2009, Germany
4th film sharing Low & No Budget Kurzfilmfestival 2009, Germany
Shorts at Moonlight 2009, Germany
Stuttgarter Kulturnacht 2008, Germany
Represented on the Baden-Württemberg Rolle 2009, Germany

TV SCREENINGS
BR, ORF III, HBO