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.

Paul Cichon asked himself why everyday objects actually always break after a seemingly fixed period of time. In his diploma project he found an answer and created the colorful and very funny 2D animation Opossum.

Despite her old age, an elderly woman overcomes herself to learn how to swim. With her swimming attempts, she awakens unexpected attention of the sea creatures living in the depths...

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...