English Synopsis

A little icebear migrates to a Europe that has by now become tropical. A misguided attempt at integration into the local brown bear culture turns him pink. Together with his new friend, a stranded penguin in exile, he finds his place in the new world.

Deutsche Synopsis

Ein kleiner Eisbär wandert in das mittlerweile tropische Europa aus. Bei

einem fehlgeleiteten Versuch ihn in die lokale Braunbärenkultur zu integrieren wird er pink. Zusammen mit seinem neuen Freund, einem gestrandeten Pinguin im Exil, findet er seinen Platz in der neuen Welt.

Festival Screenings (excerpt)

• International young audience Film Festical, AléKino, Polen 2009
• ReAnima, Yerevan, Arminia 2009
• Schlingel Kinderfilm Festival, Germany 2009
• CinAnima Espinho, Portugal 2009
• Festival Filmow, Galicja, Polen 2009
• Video Festival Imperia, Italy 2009
• Children's Festival Lahore, Pakistan 2009
• Listapad, Minsk, White Russia 2009
• Balkanima, Serbia 2009
• Children's Film Festival "Golden Elephant", Hyderabad, India 2009
• Festival am Thunersee, Switzerland 2009
• Tallin Black Nights Film Festival Estonia 2009
• Saugatuk Children's Film Festival Michigan, USA 2009
• RedCat Children's Film Festival Los Angeles USA 2010
• Animated Dreams, Estonia 2009
• Oulu International Children's ans Youth Film Festival, Finland 2009
• Animatek Festival, Slovenia 2009
• Annual Children's Festival Seattle, USA 2009
• Landshuter Filmfestival, Germany 2009
• Anima, Bruxelles, 2010
• 12th Mecal Internation Short Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain 2010
• Int. Filmfest Dresden 2010
• Shoreditch Festival, London UK
• Animafest, Zagreb, Croatia 2010 
• Green Vision Int. Environmental Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia 2009
• Festival International du film de la Rochelle, France
• Milano Film Festival 2010, Italy
• International filmfest Munich, Germany 2010
• Giffoni Film Festival, Italy 2010
• 16. Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina 2010
• Int. Festival of Films for children and young adults 2010, Hamedan City, Iran 2010
• AniFest Rozafa 2010, Albania
• Asheville Int. Children´s Film Festival 2010, SC, USA
• Rencontres Int. du Cinéma d'Animation de Wissembourg, France 2010
• Euroglobe, Antwerp, Belgium 2010
• Int. Shortfilmfestival Leuven, Belgium 2010
• Expotoons 2010, Buenos Airos, Argentina
• Int. Artfilmfestival for Children, Bogota, Columbia 2010
• Olympia int. Film Festival for Children, Pyrgos, Greek 2010
• 16th edition of the Int. Short Film Festival Leuven Tournee 2011
• Festival du Film Court Francophone, France 2011
• Int. Film Festival Cine-Jeune, France, April 2011  
• Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada, May 2011
• Brazilian Student Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Juli 2011

Credits

Director, Story & Art Design
Jeanine Reutemann

Animal Coloring, Master of the shadows, Add bgs coloring
Tim Schloendorn

Paris Gardener
Miach Scheifele

Componist

Dennis Baesecke

Conductor
André Bellmont

Musicrecording
Lasse Nipkow

Orchestra
Simon Wyrsch
Magdalena Peter

Jannis Weggenmann
Keita Kitade
Xaver Sonderegger
Sephora Braegger
Iryna Gintova
Justyna Sromicki
Ines Schmis
Ambrosius Huber
Blanca Gimenez

Sounddesign
Philipp Sellier

Foley Artist
Joern Poetzl

Soundmix
Solid Sound GmbH

Mentor
Jochen Ehmann

Productionssupport
Jean First

Assistenz
Jadwiga Kowalska

Executive Producer
Gerd Gockell

Videomaterial Support
Antonio Corrado
Walter Imber

Office
Flavia Hofstettler

Org. Sounddesign & Mix
Ursula Ulmi

Production HSLU Design & Art/ Animation
Otto Alder
Jochen Ehmann
Gerd Gockell

Financial Support
Hans von Tobel Stiftung zur Foerderung des Gemeinwohls
Kulturstiftung Stadt Uster

Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zuerich

Special Thanx to
Paul Bush

Ted Sieger
Jean First
Wolf-Ingo Roemer
Otto Alder
Franziska Trefzer

Zuercher Hochschule der Kuenste

Thanx to
Daniel Zwimpfer
Rebekka Stofer

Claudia Roethlin
Yves Gutjahr
Kaspar Flueckiger
Nino Christen
Maya Galluzzi

Julia Imhoof
Château Sumpf
Parents
Bibitomte
Pedro & Heid Schloendorn
Pascal Cajacob
Simon Glauser
Sisterbibi Sarah Keusch
The best elephant pedicurist worm SriSchnufi

Redmorpheus 2009