Princess Aubergine

Paper Cut-Out & Hand-Drawn Animation – Children Short Film Trailer

A king and a queen have almost everything, but something is missing. Desperate as they are, they search for the perfect seed to grow a child, but the only thing flourishing is their garden.

For the children short film Princess Aubergine  three-dimensional sets were built with paper cut-out elements, and animated characters were added on top. The combination of built layers and hand-drawn animation gives the film its unique visual style.

Awards & Media Coverage

Princess Aubergine has been showcased and awarded at several international film festivals (see festival list below).

The film had its television premiere on ZDF and featured online on Folimage, as well as included in the Annecy Kids Program and the Best of Tricks for Kids at ITFS 2023

Stop-Motion-Set aus Papierobjekten mit Zeichentrickfiguren: König und Königin
Stop-Motion-Set aus Papierobjekten mit Zeichentrickfiguren: Kind mit Rucksack
Stop-Motion-Set aus Papierobjekten mit Zeichentrickfigur
Stop-Motion-Set aus Papierobjekten mit Zeichentrickfiguren: Menschen und Pferd

festival and awards (selection)

  • Colour Box Award – FLATPACK, UK, 2023!
  • ECFA Short Film Award – European Children's Film Association, 2023w!
  • Best Short Film – Youth Film Festival Antwerp, 2024
  • Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany – 2023
  • Annecy International Animation Festival, France – 2023
  • IndieJunior, Portugal – 2023/2024
  • Animasyros Animation Festival, Syros, Greece – 2023
  • SCHLINGEL – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences, Chemnitz, Germany – 2023
  • Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal – 2023
  • Animatou, Switzerland – 2023
  • Brest European Short Film Festival, France – 2023

Director, Artdesign, Script - Dina Velikovskaya /Production - CINÉ-LITTÉ Productions - Lilia Schneider, Dina Velikovskaya, smpl Films, TORP - Florian Grolig / Animation - Pauline Flory, Marta Magnuska, Kris van Alphen / Camera - Alexander Pötzsch / Sound Design - Eugeny Kadimsky / Music - Eugeny Kadimsky / Coloring - Helene Tragesser / Voices - Janina Ahh, Dasha Friedman, Eugeny Kadimsky / Set & Props - Veronika Zhizhchenko / Autors (childrenbook): Florian Oger, Irina De Assunçao


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