Synopsis

Herman H. Rott is a punk rat who lives alone in his messy apartment. One day a small petit-bourgeois cat sees the drunken Herman returning from a bar, finds him charming and decides to move in.

Chintis Lundgren

Chintis Lundgren is an Estonian-born animator currently living in Croatia. Self-taught, Lundgren’s body of work includes an assortment of quirky music videos, PSAs and short films featuring a light, absurdist tone along with distinct anthropomorphic characters. In 2011, Lundgren created her own animation studio called Chintis Lundgreni Animatsioonistuudio and later cofounded Adriatic Animation, an animation studio based in Croatia. Her films, including the award-winning shorts, Manivald (2017) and Life with Herman H. Rott (2015), have screened at numerous international festivals including Sundance, Annecy, Animafest Zagreb, Hiroshima and Ottawa.