Die Kreuzung / Crossroads
Raimund Krumme
Germany / 1991 / 10' 0''Screenings
Europa Cinema, 15:30 h
Synopsis
A person comes to a crossroads and cannot decide which way to take. People he asks confuse him more than they help with their contradictory advice. As the main character is not able to make a decision, he remains trapped at the crossroads, contemplating different possibilities, never able to leave.
Raimund Krumme is an independent animation filmmaker who also directs commercials for the American and Japanese market. His animated shorts Ropedancers, Spectators, Crossroads, Passage and The Message have won many international awards including the Prix du Jury in Annecy, the state film prize Filmband in Gold (Bonn), Silver Dragon (Cracow) and Grand Prix for animation (Montreal). His films and drawings were exhibited in galleries and institutions worldwide. He taught at the University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, was Full-Time-Faculty at the California Institute of Art and since 2006 he is Faculty of the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. He also worked at the research department of the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel in Paris.
Director
Raimund Krumme
Production
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categories
Masters of Animation: 3x3 (Peter Lord, Raimund Krumme, Cecilia Traslaviña)