OCEANIC FEELING

Format: 2D Animated Short Film

Duration: 2:15 minutes

We are standing at shore and gaze at the vast ocean. Carried by the waves, we dive deeper into the sea. We feel the power of nature as it overwhelms us, until we almost drown. Only in the moment of complete solitude do we see ourselves in relation to the whole and experience a deep sense of connectedness. Finally, we return to our own form, still gazing at the horizon, but with a changed perception of the world.

The Team

Meet the graduates behind OCEANIC FEELING!

Director & Animator

GINA STEPHAN

Gina animates what's hard to put into words. The Berlin director and character animator – with a BA in Film & Motion Design and now finished studies at the FABW – works mainly frame-by-frame to bring characters and shapes to life with an eye for subtle and abstract storytelling.

Technical Directing, Compositing

KIRA VOGT

Every creative vision presents its own technical challenges, which Kira, as Technical Directress, tackles with passion. She is not afraid to explore hybrid forms of animation or experimental ideas. She loves developing visual styles and creating the final pixels, as well as developing technical solutions that give her teams more creative freedom.

Sound Designer

VLADYSLAVA KANDYBA

Vladyslava Kandyba is a film sound mixer graduating from Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Her work spans sound design, Foley, field recording and mixing for animation, documentary and fiction films, with a focus on the narrative power of sound in cinema.

Musician

DEMIAN MARTIN

After studying piano, Demian Martin devoted himself to piano improvisation, music theory, and the composition and production of film music, which he further developed in his studies at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. His works include animation, feature films, and television documentaries.

Editor

SAMUEL ALBERT

Since completing his training as a media designer for image and sound, Samuel Albert has been studying editing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Films edited by him have been screened at international festivals and won awards at Dok Leipzig and the Max Ophüls Prize. In his spare time, he gives film workshops for children.