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.
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.
Producer: Katharina Bergfeld, Martin Heisler
Animation Direction: Magda Kreps & Lea Majeran
Art Direction: Magda Kreps
Animation Team:
Coordination: Kiana Naghshineh
Art Direction: Magda Kreps
Animation Team:
Coordination: Kiana Naghshineh
Animators:
Andrea de la Concha
Meg Dupont
Magda Kreps
Léon Moh-Cah
Adriana Monteforte
Maria Fernanda Lopez Ramirez
Andrea de la Concha
Meg Dupont
Magda Kreps
Léon Moh-Cah
Adriana Monteforte
Maria Fernanda Lopez Ramirez
Clean-Up Lead: Elias Linnekuhl
Clean-Up Artists:
Mascha Balura
Hannah Deger
Lenni Kutzki
Isabella Marquart
Robin Rösing
Nora Marie Back
Binaca Scali
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