Zoon
Jonatan Schwenk
2022, Nemčija, 4'25''
Lesketajoče živalice so godne za paritev. Dvonožni gozdni prebivalec naleti na poželjivo skupino. S svojimi spremljevalci se loti bitjec in kmalu se začne pojedina.
Small shimmering animals are in heat. A two-legged forest dweller encounters the lustful group. He and his companions snack on the little creatures and soon a feast begins.
Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes
Technique: Mixed
No dialogues
Animation (Puppetry): Thalke Thyen, Max MÖRTL, Maria TEIXEIRA, Merlin FLÜGEL, Carolina IGLESIAS, Jonatan SCHWENK, Ramona LÜDEMANN
Stop motion: Jonatan SCHWENK
2D: Marta MAGNUSKA
Puppet builders: Anne BREYMANN, Hélène TRAGESSER
Scenario, Script: Jonatan SCHWENK, Merlin FLÜGEL
Set: Jonatan SCHWENK
Image: Ferdinand KOWALKE
Special effects: Marc RÜHL, Valentin OELLERS
Film editor: Jonatan SCHWENK
Rendering: Jonatan SCHWENK
Sound engineer: David KAMP
Sound editor: David KAMP
Mix: David KAMP
Soundtrack: David KAMP
Jonatan Schwenk
born in Germany in 1987, is an independent filmmaker/animator, sound designer, and storyboard artist currently based in Berlin. As a graduate from University of Art and Design in Offenbach and former guest student from Kunsthochschule Kassel, he focuses on combining various animation techniques into hybrid forms. His animated short “Sog“ received nearly 40 awards and mentions (including the Annecy Cristal for a graduation film) and has been screened at renowned film festivals around the world, including SXSW, Palm Springs ShortFest, Annecy, Ottawa, Zagreb and Flickerfest, where it qualified for the Academy Awards. As an animator and sound designer, his work has already been selected twice for the Berlinale, where he was chosen as a “Berlinale Talent” in 2020. Schwenk also contributed the sound design for “Cops & Robbers”, directed by Florian Maubach, which won the German Short Film Award in 2018, as well as for “Rules of Play” by Merlin Flügel, which received a Cristal at Annecy in 2019. director, screenwriter, visuals, animation: 2009 Sisyphos Blues (animated short, 4:49 Min) / 2011 Maison Sonore (animated short, 4:44 Min) / 2017 Sog (animated short, 10:14 Min) / 2021 (work in progress): Zoon (animated short, ca 4:20 Min) // sound design (excerpt): 2011 How To Dissappear (animated short, directed by: Merlin Flügel) / 2013 Echo (animated short, directed by: Merlin Flügel) / 2017 Cops & Robbers (animated short, directed by: Florian Maubach) / 2017 Sog (animated short, 10:14 Min) / 2018 Rules of Play (animated short, directed by: Merlin Flügel) // animation (excerpt): 2015 The Old Man And The Bird (animated short, directed by: Dennis Stein-Schomburg).