Synopsis

The story opens with animator and raconteur, Paul Fierlinger describing episodes from life while waiting for the Great Covid Pandemic to pass. There is no social life to have but two dogs to walk and play with. The daily news streaming over mass media is neither new or useful to shut-ins, so it is best kept off. His selective memory at work and in no consecutive order, though good storytelling stuff still vivid in his diminishing memory bank which he considers worth the effort to spend 15 hours a day drawing, Sandra painting, each of us one picture at a time. The idea is to survive while remaining sane and to finish the job. One more requirement: Once done, the film must work to engage an international audience.

Paul Fierlinger

Paul Fierlinger made his first commissioned animated film in Prague in 1958. He has worked as a freelance animator and director in Paris, Hilversum, Munich, New York and Philadelphia, making over 800 films over a period of 51 years. Sandra Fierlinger studied Fine Arts in Boston and Pennsylvania. She graduated in 1978 and started out as a horticulturalist. In 1989 she joined Paul Fierlinger’s studio beginning as a cel colourist and background painter and soon worked her way up to make an equal contribution in all aspects of film production. The Fierlingers have been working together for 20 years on many award-winning TV films, series and commercials and authorial projects..

Sandra Fierlinger

Paul Fierlinger made his first commissioned animated film in Prague in 1958. He has worked as a freelance animator and director in Paris, Hilversum, Munich, New York and Philadelphia, making over 800 films over a period of 51 years. Sandra Fierlinger studied Fine Arts in Boston and Pennsylvania. She graduated in 1978 and started out as a horticulturalist. In 1989 she joined Paul Fierlinger’s studio beginning as a cel colourist and background painter and soon worked her way up to make an equal contribution in all aspects of film production. The Fierlingers have been working together for 20 years on many award-winning TV films, series and commercials and authorial projects.