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?

It is late at night. A man steps out of a building and hectically lights a cigarette. He smokes it in a deep puff and then flicks it away without a second thought. In fact, everything as usual. Then suddenly all the cigarette butts in town come to life...

Deep down in the swamps of Louisiana, Evangeline finds a deserted alligator egg and hatches it under her bed. The atmospheric 3D short film Evangeline is a real labour of love of Nadine Schwenk, which she developed over several years. More about told by Nadine herself.

How do students of Animation/Effects Producing make a project happen, one which eventually wins an Award for “outstanding visual effects”? Producers Aleksandra Todorovic and Tina Vest tell their story.