Zirkuskind is a touching documentary about Santino and his family growing up in a circus. 
In 2024, I joined the production as an 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:
Badabum DUO: Anna Koch & Julia Lemke
Producer: Katharina Bergfeld, Martin Heisler
Animation Direction: Magda Kreps & Lea Majeran

Art Direction: Magda Kreps

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 & 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 - Best Kids Film | 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 - Children’s Jury Award | Internationales Kinderfilmfest Bonn - Germany | DOX Ruhr - Germany - ECFA Doc Award | Young Horizons - Poland | Filmfest Osnabrück - Germany | Nominated for the Hessian Film Award | Riga International Film Festival - Latvia | KINO/25 German Film Festival Hong Kong | Generation Fleadh - Ireland | Juniorfest - Czech Republic | Kinderfilmtage Essen - Germany | Kinderfilmfest Münster - Germany | Augenblick Film Festival - France | Festival of German Cinema - China | Filmtage Oberschwaben - Germany - Best Kids Film | Festival du Cine Allemand - France | Filem`on International Film Festival - Belgium | Move it Filmfestival for Human Rights - Germany | Twin Cities German Film Festival - USA | KINOLINO Dresden - Germany | Piccolo Grande Festival - Italy | Filmz Mainz - Germany- Nominated for SiStar Award | Gijón International Film Festival - Spain | Kinder Filmfestival Wien - Austria - Special Mention of the Jury | Kinderkinofest Düsseldorf - Germany | Dokfest Kassel - Germany- Nominated for Documentary Film Prize of the Goethe-Institut | Judoks München - Germany | Gazte Film Fest - Spain - Audience Award | Kinderfilmfestival Steiermark - Austria - Children’s Jury Award | Ramdam Film Festival - Belgium | Bayerischer Filmpreis | Bulbul Childrens Film Festival - India | Luxfilmfest - Luxembourg | ECFAaward Best Kids Documentary 2025 | Preis der deutschen Filmkritik Bester Kinderfilm
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