Loop Fun Pattern
Extract Foam
Long Run - test animation for Mouse Knights, a walk cycle of a rider and a mouse.
Mouse Knights is a concept for an animated series about little people who go on adventures and act in harmony with nature.
Done in Procreate, After Effects and Premiere
More snippets from Mouse Knights:
Zirkuskind
Ein dokumentarisches Roadmovie über das Leben einer Zirkusfamilie von Julia Lemke und Anna Koch
Dokumentarfilm
Zirkuskind ist der erste große Animations- und Dokumentarfilm, an dem ich mitarbeiten durfte. Unter der Leitung von Magda Kreps und Lea Majeran sowie allen anderen Mitgliedern des Animationsteams, habe ich als Clean Up Lead die Farbmanagment koordiniert und die Effekte umgesetzt.
Circusboy is the first major animated documentary film I had the opportunity to work on. Under the direction of Magda Kreps and Lea Majeran, along with all the other members of the animation team, I served as Clean-Up Lead, coordinating color management and implementing visual effects.
Animation Team
Coordination: Kiana Naghshineh
Animators:
Andrea de la Concha
Meg Dupont
Magda Kreps
Léon Moh-Cah
Adriana Monteforte
Maria Fernanda Lopez Ramirez
Clean-Up Lead: Elias Linnekuhl
Clean-Up Artists:
Mascha Balura
Hannah Deger
Lenni Kutzki
Isabella Marquart
Robin Rösing
Nora Marie Back
Binaca Scali
Compositing Animation: Lok Yi Tsoi
Team & Cast
Director: Julia Lemke, Anna Koch
Year of production: 2025
Length: 86 min. / 4x23 min.
Original language: German | Subtitles: English
Cast: Santino Frank, Ehe Frank, Giordano Frank, Markus Frank,
Angie Frank, Gitano Frank, Emilio Frank
Director of photography: Julia Lemke
Editor: Jamin Benazzouz, BFS Animation: Magda Kreps & Lea Majeran
Sound design: Jan Pasemann
Sound: Mike Glöckner,Simon Peter, Joscha Eickel,
Moritz Springer, Leo Aderhold
Sound mixing: Oliver Achatz
Music: Nils Kacirek & Jörg Hochapfel
Producers: Katharina Bergfeld, Martin Heisler
Production company: Flare Film
Co-production company: HR, SWR, MDR
Supported by: BKM, Hessen Film und Medien, Deutscher Filmförderfonds
Distributed by Pluto Films
German distribution by Across Nations
Festivals & Awards
Berlinale - Generation Kplus, Germany - Special Mention of Children´s Jury | Hot Docs Film Festival - Canada | Lichter Filmfest - Germany | German Film Festival - Australia - Filmkunstfest MV - Germany | Kristiansand International Children´s Film Festival - Norway | Zlin Film Festival - Check Republic ECFA Doc Award | Little Big Films - Germany | Goldener Spatz - Germany | Europe on Screen - Indonesia | Kinofest Lünen - Germany | Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival - South Korea | Hsinchu Children Film Festival - Taiwan | Heimat Europa FilmFestspiele - Germany | Four Elements Film Festival - Slovakia | Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen - Germany | TIFF Junior - Norway | Fünf Seen Filmfestival - Germany | Filmkunstmesse Leipzig - Germany - Best Kids Film | LET´S DOK - Germany | Willkommen Zuhause Filmfestival - Germany | Zurich Film Festival - Switzerland | Michel Kinder & Jugend Filmfest / Filmfest Hamburg - Germany | Junges Filmfestival Köln Cinepänz - Germany | Bremer Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest Kijuko - Germany - Children’s Jury Award | Internationales Kinderfilmfest Bonn - Germany | DOX Ruhr - Germany - ECFA Doc Award | Young Horizons - Poland | Filmfest Osnabrück - Germany | Nominated for the Hessian Film Award | Riga International Film Festival - Latvia | KINO/25 German Film Festival Hong Kong | Generation Fleadh - Ireland | Juniorfest - Czech Republic | Kinderfilmtage Essen - Germany | Kinderfilmfest Münster - Germany | Augenblick Film Festival - France | Festival of German Cinema - China | Filmtage Oberschwaben - Germany - Best Kids Film | Festival du Cine Allemand - France | Filem`on International Film Festival - Belgium | Move it Filmfestival for Human Rights - Germany | Twin Cities German Film Festival - USA | KINOLINO Dresden - Germany | Piccolo Grande Festival - Italy | Filmz Mainz - Germany- Nominated for SiStar Award | Gijón International Film Festival - Spain | Kinder Filmfestival Wien - Austria - Special Mention of the Jury | Kinderkinofest Düsseldorf - Germany | Dokfest Kassel - Germany- Nominated for Documentary Film Prize of the Goethe-Institut | Judoks München - Germany | Gazte Film Fest - Spain - Audience Award | Kinderfilmfestival Steiermark - Austria - Children’s Jury Award | Ramdam Film Festival - Belgium | Bayerischer Filmpreis | Bulbul Childrens Film Festival - India | Luxfilmfest - Luxembourg | ECFAaward Best Kids Documentary 2025 | Preis der deutschen Filmkritik Bester Kinderfilm