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Daewit
Film Film
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Theme:
Animation
Children
European Films
Family
German Films
Independent
International
Category/Format:
Animated Films
Independant
Short films
Film Credits
About the Director:
David Jansen (* January 7th 1981 in Wipperfuerth, Germany). After school he did an apprenticeship to become a mechanic for plastic and caoutchouc technologies. Afterwards he did an internship at Columbia Tristar in Script Development followed by work for Sony Pictures. At time of Sony Pictures he did his first own short films. From 2006-2012 he studied at Academy for Media Arts, Cologne in the animation film class of Raimund Krumme and Stéphanie Beaugrand.
About the Producer:
<p>Fabian Driehorst (*1982 in Gifhorn)</p>
<p>2006-2011 Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, film class Producer, Director</p>
<p>2004-2009 DOP, Production Assistant, Editor</p>
<p>2012 Scholarship of Mediengruenderzentrum NRW for „Fabian&Fred“ Company</p>
<p>2014 Scholarship of Wim Wenders Foundation for Animation Debut “Gebrueder Wolf”</p>
<p>2011-today Producer, Director, Author</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Fabian is author, director and producer. Together with Frédéric Schuld he founded the creative film production company “Fabian&Fred” in 2011 to produce feature films, animation and commercials. In 2012 Fabian&Fred won the scholarship of Mediengruenderzentrum NRW and in 2014 the scholarship of the Wim Wenders Foundation for their first animation feature “Gebrueder Wolf”. „Daewit“ (Director: David Jansen), is their first independent animation film. Their first feature documentary „Breath“ was screened in German cinemas and television in 2014/15. </p>
Screenplay:
David Jansen, Sophie Biesenbach
Film synopsis:
<p>An angel, a wolf child, a cat. The film "Daewit", animated in the tradition of wood cut technique, tells the story of an abandoned child, who grows up with wolfs after his mother rescued him from his violent father. Daewit becomes a man who is weary of living and noticed that he inherited some of his father’s characteristics. After an enigmatic journey full of privations and in quest for identity he finds his peace in forgiveness.</p>
Budget
Budget Range:
Between $100 000 and $10 000
Technical infos Technical infos
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Festival Selection, Awards... Festival selection, awards or citation already received and other comments... :
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Festival selections:
65th Berlinale - Berlin International Festival, Berlinale Shorts Competition
39th HKIFF - Hong Kong International Film Festival
10th Ècu - Independent Film Festival, Paris
22nd ITFS - Festival of Animation Stuttgart (Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart)
Publicity Infos
Publicity contact:
Fabian Driehorst, c/o Fabian&Fred
publicity address:
<p>Simon-von-Utrecht-Str. 85a, 20359 Hamburg, Germany</p>
<p> </p>
Driehorst Fabian 
Comments (13)
Its Art Magazin - Making of Daewit (orig. Däwit)
Making of Däwit
http://www.itsartmag.com/features/making-of-dawit-interview-with-david-jansen/
Interview at Berlinale of NDR (german)
Short interview with David Jansen (director) and Fabian Driehorst (producer) about film funding and TV in Hamburg.
http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hamburg_journal/Berlinale-Fruehstueck-mit-Hamburgs-Filmbranche,hamj38908.html
Green Film Shooting - Daewit with Spiderman and Daren Aronofsky
The production of Däwit /Daewit was awarded with the certificate of Green Film Shooting (Grüner Drehpass FFHSH) as the first animated studio which produces in a green way.
http://greenfilmshooting.net/blog/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/01/greenfilmshooting-brochure-web-2015.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=750358315012798&story_fbid=764783576903605
http://greenfilmshooting.net/blog/en/2015/02/12/green-shooting-card-for-berlinale-film-daewit/
http://greenfilmshooting.net/blog/en/2015/02/04/animation-takes-a-step-foward/
Interview on ARTE, Berlinale Shorts 2015 (german or french)
http://cinema.arte.tv/de/artikel/interview-mit-david-jansen-und-fabian-driehorst-zu-daewit
Article Dazoo - World of Shorts Berlinale 2015 issue
http://issuu.com/daazo/docs/berlin2015
NEC Displays features Däwit / Daewit production
http://www.nec-display-solutions.com/p/es/es/casestudies/dp/Products/Shared/CaseStudies/Daewit.xhtml
French Premiere
Écu - European Independent Film festival, Paris
Selection Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyAV2uLn460&index=8&list=PL5cMWfR7JlyOo2hEag6qMi6Uy6_kwyYJF
Selection Animated Films
http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/en/official-selection-2015/
Däwit / Daewit Trailer
Special Berlinale Trailer
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/daewit
Website
http://daewit.fabianfred.com
Asian Premiere
Asian premiere at 39th HKIFF - Hong Kong International Film Festival
http://www.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/39189-short-film-competition-programme-ii.html
World Premiere
World Premiere at 65th Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale Shorts Competition
https://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=201504137#tab=video25