produced by CHRISTINE HAUPT directed by JAN KOESTER

CREWDIRECTION, SCRIPT, EDIT, ANIMATION: Jan Koester

SCRIPT CONSULTATION: Christine Haupt, Marianne Falck, Samuel Weikopf, Pauline Kortmann, Antje Akkermann

CAMERA: Alexander Hill

MUSIC: Ralf Hildenbeutel

SOUND, RE-RECORDING ARTIST: Michal Krajczok

PAINTING ASSISTANCE, COMPOSITING: Ines Gomes Ferreira

ANIMATION, DESIGN LIGHT CREATURES: Veronica Solomon

STORYBOARD: Jan Koester, Veronica Solomon, Veronika Samartseva

BACKGROUND LAYOUTS: Juanita Kellner

CAMERA ASSISTANCE: Maurice Wilkerling

LIGHT: Michel Unger

SOUND ON SET: Michal Krajczok, Christian Schossig

SOUND RE-RECORDING STUDIO: Studio 1141, Detlev Schitto

FOLEY ARTIST: Peter Roigk

COLOR CORRECTION, MASTERING: The Post Republic, Michael Reuter

PAOLO MASINIvoice: Jan Koester

CHRISTOPH LETKOWSKI

ANNA LUISA SCHMIDTJOHANNA VON GAGERNvoice: Anja Taschenberg

DIRK DREISSENRALF HILDENBEUTEL

CONTACT

CHRISTINE HAUPT

+49 (0) 179 3950665prod@hauptfilm.euwww.hauptfilm.eu

JAN KOESTER

jan@talking-animals.comwww.jankoester.com TRAILER: vimeo.com/165127172

MAIN FACTSGERMAN TITLE: Eine Villa mit PinienENGLISH TITLE: The Pinetree VillaFRENCH TITLE: La Villa des PinsGENRE: AnimationANIMATION TECHNIQUE: Painting, 3D Computer, DrawnSCREENING COPY: DCP, Stereoscopic 3DLENGTH: 12:58 min

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German (available with english subtitles)PRODUCER: Christine Haupt, Hauptfilm ProduktionYEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2016SUPPORTED BY: Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, BKM, FFA

SYNOPSISLion and Bird walk through a Berlin residential area. Rumors say, one of the villas has been uninhabited for years, but there is still light burning in the house. Curiosity drives lion heading in, bird follows hesitantly.

In the foyer they encounter a group of light creatures. Light creatures take care in the villa, so everything is spotless and works out just fine. The lion wants to take a further look, the bird really gets scared now and leaves the house.

A maid without a mask calls him out of the bush. She wants to put on his animal mask to look like the master of the house. Thus she can give the light creatures commands, and hopefully finally escape. The bird learns from her what is really going in the villa. The master of the house enslaves intruders by letting them dance to his piano music. Once they are completely exhausted, he steals their animal masks, so they cannot escape anymore: Then they have to work up until the end of their days for him.

After his first dance to the music the bird is completely dazed and starts to understand. The maid has somehow been able to resist - she has not become a light creature and may have found a way to escape this way. The maid lets the light creatures build a totem tower, probably the master hides the animal masks there.

On a couch and dancing ecstatically to the music of the master, both go up and into the tower. Inside it’s finally quiet. And they finally find the Antelope mask of the maid.

The maid leaves the bird behind, the bird wants to save his friend. He almost succumbs to the lure of music drug, it creates, but then with his shrill bird tones the magic of the huge apparatus breaks in that holds tower and music together. The tower collapses, finally ending the power of the master of the house. Lion can save himself now.

Again lion and bird stand on the street in the Berlin residential area. Lion is now at least somewhat chastened. The two continue on their way to new adventures.