Original Title: Der Schornsteinsegler
Category: Animated Documentary Short
Length. 5 minutes
Animation Technique: 2D
Director: Frédéric Schuld
Funding: FFA, FFHSH
Distributor: KurzfilmAgentur Hamburg (world sales, theatrical Germany)
A British chimney sweeper describes his everyday routine of forcing young kids to become workers. While we observe a kid cleaning a chimney, the master's statement gets more personal with every sentence until we understand, that he is speaking about his own past. Being locked in a vicious circle there seems to be no exit.
Festivals
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Anibar Animation Festival
Viborg Animation Festival
KROK Animation Festival
Cyprus Short Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Seminci Valladolid Film Festival
Banjaluka Animation Festival
DOK Leipzig
Leeds International Film Festival
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
St. Louis International Film Festival
Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg
Animest
Cinanima Animation Festival
Interfilm Berlin
PÖFF Shorts, Tallinn
New Chitose Airport Animation Festival
Calgary Underground Film Festival
Sommets du cinéma d'animation Montreal
Bogoshorts - Bogotá Short Film Festival
Piccolo Animation Festival
Minimalen Short Film Festival
ReAnimania Yerevan
Filmwochenende Würzburg
Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival - Jury's Choice Award
BLON Animation Festival - Best Animation
Animattikon Project - Special Mention
PIAFF Paris Animation Festival - Audience Award
deadCenter Film Festival - Best Animation (OSCAR qualifying)
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche - Sustainability Award
Aesthetica Short Film Festival - Best Animation