CHICKEN KIEV
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Film Details
About the Film
Abandoned Chick Tries to Survive
CHICKEN KIEV is a cartoon animation film, which tells funny and absurdly the story of an abandoned child. Without the mother in sight, the newborn chick starts staggering around, searching for food and warmth. It meets shady characters and gets into dangerous situations.
Excerpts of CHICKEN KIEV were part of my final examinations at the Kassel College of Art in 1999. The film was completed in 2000.
Film Profile
Themes
Survival · Abandonment · Loneliness · Danger
Mood & Impact
absurd · quirky · surprising
Kind of Film
Darkly humorous animal parable.
Recommendations
Certificate: “especially commendable”, German Film Quality Assessment Board (FBW)
Jury statement
This colourful, imaginative story about a chick born in the middle of an ice desert who experiences numerous adventures needs no great interpretation. It is simply amusing to follow this graphically multi-layered story, staged with great enthusiasm, in which images and music fit together perfectly. The wealth of ideas is also impressive: sharks, Eskimos, skiers, penguins and an annoying mosquito appear in the picture, and although this defies all logic, everything takes on a wonderfully absurd and profound meaning.
Suitable for ages 6+
Voluntary Self-Regulation Organization of the German Film Industry (FSK)
Awards
3rd prize of the audience, Ruesselsheim’s Day of Film, 2000, Germany
2nd prize for best computer-assisted animation produced by an independent, World Animation Celebration 2000, Los Angeles, USA
2nd prize for best film, ANIMA MUNDI, Rio de Janeiro 2000, Brazil
3rd prize for best film, ANIMA MUNDI, Sao Paulo 2000, Brazil
1st prize for best professional work, Moscow International Children’s Animation Film Festival, Russia
Special prize of Children’s Jury, Moscow International Children’s Animation Film Festival, Russia
Nominated for Cartoon d’Or 2001, Brussel, Belgium
Credits
producer, director
THOMAS STELLMACH
co-producer
MONIKA STELLMACH
story consultant
PROF. PAUL DRIESSEN
www.pdriessen.com
music
composer:
TILL MERTENS
musicians:
KATRIN LANGE
ARNE KIENZLER
animators
JOACHIM BODE
MATTHIAS BRUHN
JANEK CZECHOWSKI
ULF GRENZER
HYEKUNG JUNG
MONIKA STELLMACH
THOMAS STELLMACH
URTE ZINTLER
inbetweener
GISA BRANDES
ELISABETH BRINKMEIER
tracing
KRISTINE JAKOBSEN
CHON HYANG JA
HYEKUNG JUNG
KATRIN NICKLAS
JUTTA SCHÜNEMANN
digital coloring and compositing
ULF LIGNIEZ
THOMAS STELLMACH
assistant
SABINE SCHMIDT
3D-modelling und 3D-camera
MIA BEST
3D-texturing
CANDELA 2
foley artist
JOERN POETZL
foley recording
PHILIPP SELLIER
sound design
ANDRÉ BENDOCCHI-ALVES
STEFAN PFLEGER
re-recording
ABI SCHNEIDER
digital film print
Das Werk
ANDREAS SCHELLENBERG
laboratory
ABC & TAUNUSFILM
copyright 2000
THOMAS STELLMACH ANIMATION
Making-of
A crew of 20 students and professionals in Kassel, Mainz, Cologne and Berlin cooperated and exchanged data via e-mail.
It was the first film at the college using digital technique for colouring, compositing and adding the soundtrack on a cartoon animation film.
The animation was drawn on paper, the drawings were digitized with a line test software on Amiga and exchanged via internet. After tracing the animation the 15.000 clean ups were scanned and coloured with the software Animo.
The sound was recorded digital at Solid-Sound and mixed at the Bavaria Studios. The final digital images were transferred on 35mm film by ‘Das Werk’ and combined with the soundtrack at Taunus-Film-Laboratory.
Animation Show
CHICKEN KIEV is part of my Animation Show, an infotainment programme in which I present my award-winning animated films and explain how they were made.
Funding and Sponsors
Hessian Broadcasting Film Fund
Hessian Film Funding
German Federal Film Board
Federal Government for Cultural Affairs and Media
Explore More
- Explore my other films
- See how I present my films in my Animated Film Show
- Discover my animation workshops
Contact Form
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Duration
9 minutes
Technique
2D animation
Production
Thomas Stellmach Animation, 2000
Director & Producer
Thomas Stellmach
Language
No dialogue
Film format
MP4, 1080p, stereo
DCP, 2K, stereo