Synopsis

Two mice find a big cheese in an old timber room. The more ambitious of the two mice sneaks in and gets trapped as the cheese rolls over the hole. While the other mouse begs from the outside, the lucky mouse eats itself through the newly acquired home. First, it tries to help the other mouse, but soon devotes all its attention to carving a cheesy palace with its mouth. Greedy enough, it cannot help itself but eat the house from inside out until it collapses. Outside he sees his starving friend on which a starving cat preys. The fat mouse is now faced with the decision: save himself or help a friend in need?

Timon Leder

Timon Leder (1986) works in animation and pedagogy. He perfected his academic knowledge at an animation directing school in France (La Poudrière). During his studies, his debut animated short Work (with Urban Breznik) was shown on more than 25 festivals. Still a student, Timon created nine animated shorts and animated many others, wrote a thesis on children’s comprehension of film language, and cooperated on the making of the first manual for animation for schools and kindergartens. His first professional animated short film is Weasel (2016).