Animated Film Jury
Peter Kaboth
Peter Kaboth already made a number of shorts while studying Animation at the Film and Television Academy Konrad Wolf in Potsdam and the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. Among other awards, his thesis film “The Goner” won the Animago Award and was part of the Visual Fantasy Exhibition in Tokyo. In 2004, he made the short “Fallen”, which was awarded the Grand Prix at the China International Cartoon and Animation Film Festivals among other awards. From 2005 to 2007, Kaboth collaborated on the blockbuster “Lissi und der wilde Kaiser” as its Animation Director and Storyboard Supervisor.
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Filmography: 2007: Lissi und der wilde Kaiser (Animation Director) 2004: Fallen (Produktion, Regie, Animation, Kamera, Schnitt, Drehbuch) 2000: Das Kartoffelgericht (Co-Regie, Animation) 1998: The Goner (Produktion, Regie, Animation, Kamera, Schnitt, Drehbuch) 1996-2005: diverse Werbefilme |
Ralph Niemeyer
Ralph Niemeyer studied at the School of Fine Arts in Berlin during which time he collaborated on several TV productions such as “Rudi Spots” and “Mittendrin”. Later he took over the set design for the TV series “Simsalagrimm” and the movie hits “ABRAFAXE-unter schwarzer Flagge”, “Laura’s Star” and “The Little Polar Bear II”. Niemeyer was also Set Design und Layout Supervisor for the feature film “Kleiner Dodo”. He is currently working as the Art Director on the sequel to the hit movie “Laura’s Star”.
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Filmography: 1994: Mittendrin (Property Master), Rudi auf Reisen (Technical Assisstant) 1995: Rudi Spots (Gaffer) 2000-2002: Werner – Volles Rooäää (Visual Development/ Set Design) 2002-2003: ABRAFAXE – Unter schwarzer Flagge (Set Design, Workbook) 2003-2004: Lauras Stern (Supervisor Set Design & Layout) 2005-2007: Der kleine Eisbär II (Supervisor Set Design & Layout, bg paint.) 2007-2008: Kleiner Dodo (Artdirector, Director of Photography), Lauras Stern II (Artdirector, Director of Photography) |
Emanuel Strixner
Emanuel Strixner was born in Starnberg in 1981 and has been attending the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2004 where he is currently working on his thesis film. His film “Lifeless” (2001) took first place at the BDFA. He followed this two years later with “Matter of Taste” with which he took first place at the 2004 Animago Festival. Last year, his five minute film “Die Eierbrecher” won the Best Animated Film Award at sehsüchte and ran at a number of other festivals.
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Filmography: 2001: “Leb Los” / “Lifeless” 2003/2004: “Geschmackssache” / “Matter Of Taste” 2005: “SchaffensAkt” / “Creativeness”; “Der Kompromiss” / “The Compromise” 2006: “Die Eierbrecher” (sehsüchte 2007: „Bester Animationsfilm“) 2007: Trailer für das “Internationale Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart” |