Tümpel

Pond
A huge school of fish swims synchronically through the sea. Until greedy seagulls disturb the formation and a small fish strays into a tidal pool. The animals that live there eye him suspiciously. A fart ensures goodwill, and friends are quickly made. With pictures, colours and the sounds of the sea, Lena von Döhren and Eva Rust create a fast-paced underwater adventure.
by Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust Switzerland 2023 Without dialogue 9’ Colour Animation empfohlen ab 5 Jahren

Crew

Directors Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust
Screenplay Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust
Animation Lena von Döhren, Simon Eltz, Ramon Schoch
Editing Fee Liechti
Music Martin Waespe
Sound Design Tobias Diggelmann, Thomas Gassmann, Martin Waespe
Producers Sarah Born, Rajko Jazbec, Dario Schoch

Lena von Döhren

Born in Berlin, Germany in 1981, she graduated in audiovisual communication from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and then took a master’s degree in design at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland, majoring in animation. Her work has already featured in the Berlinale Generation section with The Little Bird and the Leaf in 2012, The Little Bird and the Squirrel in 2015 and The Little Bird and the Caterpillar in 2017.

Filmography (animated films)

2012 Der kleine Vogel und das Blatt (The Little Bird and the Leaf) · Der kleine Vogel und das Blatt (The Little Bird and the Leaf) · Der kleine Vogel und das Blatt (The Little Bird and the Leaf) 2014 Der kleine Vogel und das Eichhörnchen (The Little Bird and the Squirrel) · Der kleine Vogel und das Eichhörnchen (The Little Bird and the Squirrel) · Der kleine Vogel und das Eichhörnchen (The Little Bird and the Squirrel) 2017 Der kleine Vogel und die Raupe (The Little Bird and the Caterpillar) · Der kleine Vogel und die Raupe (The Little Bird and the Caterpillar) · Der kleine Vogel und die Raupe (The Little Bird and the Caterpillar) 2020 Der kleine Vogel und die Bienen (The Little Bird and the Bees) · Der kleine Vogel und die Bienen (The little Bird and the Bees) 2023 Tümpel (Pond); co-director: Eva Rust

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023

Eva Rust

Born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1986, she graduated in 2010 from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts with a BA in visual communication focusing on non-fiction illustration. Alongside her work as an illustrator, she lectures at the Schule für Gestaltung Bern und Biel. Her picture books have been released by various publishing houses in Switzerland and abroad.

Filmography (animation)

2023 Tümpel (Pond); animation; co-director: Lena von Döhren

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023