The Wild West! Cowboys galloping through vast landscapes, yearning looks into the distance, huge egos dueling to the blood - of course it needs the wide screen! But what if the Western moves with the times and expects the same performance of our cowboys in vertical format?

 

 

Elena Walf graduated from Animationsinstitut in 2015 with the beautiful 2D animation Some Thing. Be enchanted by the loving story about self-acceptance and learn more about the making of the award-winning short film.

 

 

In his multi-award-winning diploma film Blieschow, director Christoph Sarow wraps young Tom's childhood memories in a colorful 2D animation, using powerful metaphors to tell of loneliness and youthful competition.

 

 

For his graduation film, Johannes Kammerer combined impressive live action on skateboards with beautiful animation and visual effects. Find out here what's behind the experimental skate video.