Zirkuskind is a touching documentary about Santino and his family growing up in a circus. .

In 2024, I served as Art Director, Animation Director, and Animator, creating 12 animated sequences that depict the grandfather’s stories, memories, and experiences of life in the circus.
Direction: Anna Koch & Julia Lemke: Badabum Duo
Animation Direction: Magda Kreps, Lea Majeran
Animation Art Direction: Magda Kreps
Producer: Katharina Bergfeld, Martin Heisler

Animation Team:
Coordination: Kiana Naghshineh
Clean-Up Lead: Elias Linnekuhl
Clean-Up Artists:
Mascha Balura
Hannah Deger
Lenni Kutzki
Isabella Marquart
Robin Rösing
Nora Marie Back
Binaca Scali
Compositing Animation: Lok Yi Tsoi
Festivals and Awards: 
Berlinale - Generation Kplus, Germany - Special Mention of Children´s Jury | Hot Docs Film Festival - Canada | Lichter Filmfest - Germany | German Film Festival - Australia - Filmkunstfest MV - Germany | Kristiansand International Children´s Film Festival - Norway | Zlin Film Festival - Check Republic ECFA Doc Award | Little Big Films - Germany | Goldener Spatz - Germany | Europe on Screen - Indonesia | Kinofest Lünen - Germany | Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival - South Korea | Hsinchu Children Film Festival - Taiwan | Heimat Europa FilmFestspiele - Germany | Four Elements Film Festival - Slovakia | Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen - Germany | TIFF Junior - Norway | Fünf Seen Filmfestival - Germany | Filmkunstmesse Leipzig - Germany | LET´S DOK - Germany | Willkommen Zuhause Filmfestival - Germany | Zurich Film Festival - Switzerland | Michel Kinder & Jugend Filmfest / Filmfest Hamburg - Germany | Junges Filmfestival Köln Cinepänz - Germany | Bremer Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest Kijuko - Germany | Internationales Kinderfilmfest Bonn - Germany | DOX Ruhr -nominated for ECFA Award - Germany | Young Horizons - Poland | Filmfest Osnabrück - Germany | Riga International Film Festival - Latvia | KINO/25 German Film Festival Hong Kong
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