The Smortlybacks / The Smortlybacks
Wouter Dierickx, Ted Sieger
Switzerland, China / 2013 / 5' 55''Screenings
Synopsis
On a tabletop mountain a mahout and his strange herd make a surprising and never-ending journey.
Wouter Dierickx (1961) was educated in animation film at the St. Lucas Institute Brussels, Belgium from 1980 to 1984. Worked as a professional layout artist, animator and director since 1985. Founder of preproduction studio Graphics & Animation Belgium. Co-founder of Animation production studio Sophie Animation China.
Ted Sieger (1958) grew up in Chile, Peru, Australia and Switzerland. Before he started making films he travelled extensively and worked in all kinds of strange jobs, the best were counting eggs in an egg factory and sailing with a merchant ship to Africa. He creates, designs, writes, directs and produces animation (shorts, TV Series and soon a feature). He lives in Switzerland and has just bought new skis.
Director
Wouter Dierickx, Ted Sieger
Production
Schattenkabinett GmbH
Screenplay
Ted Sieger
Storyboard
Alexandra Prosen, Wouter Dierickx
Sound
SoundVision
Music
Christoph Utzinger
Animation
Sophie Animation Studio
categories
Films for Children Competition (10-14)