Anima - Die Kleider meines Vaters | © Farbfilm

Anima - My Father’s Dresses

Mein Vater / My Father (aka Mein Vater Claudia) (Working title)

Documentary Feature | 2019-2021 | Animation, Family, Society | Germany

Main data

Director	Uli Decker
Written by	Uli Decker, Rita Bakacs
Production	Flare Film GmbH [de], ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel [de]
Distributor	Farbfilm Verleih GmbH [de]

Shooting data

Locations	Murnau, München, Berlin
Filming regions	East Germany, South Germany

Project data

Budget	450.000 €
Film financing	BKM [de] - production funding: 140.000 € (03/2017) BKM [de] - distribution funding (theatrical): 45.000 EUR (05/2022) FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF Bayern) [de] - production funding cinema: 70.000 € (07/2017) FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF Bayern) [de] - distribution funding (theatrical): 20.000 EUR (04/2022) German Federal Film Board (DFFF) [de] - production funding: 71.200,00 EUR Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung [de] - distribution funding (theatrical): 20.000 EUR (06/2022) Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung [de] - new talent funding: 70.000 € (01/2018)
Length of movie	1h 34min

Trailers/Videos

German Trailer

Posters

Press images

Brief synopsis

How much are we prepared to give up of ourselves in order to fit in? And how long can this masquerade succeed? FATHER is a true story - told as a tragi-comic rollercoaster ride through a universe of animated and filmed image.

(Ulises Films)

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
Postproduction producer	Torsten Giewat Inhouse Producer ARRI Media	Inhouse Producer ARRI Media
Post production coordinator	Jule Kubica
2d lead character animator	Falk Schuster Animation	Animation
2d lead character animator	Julian Quitsch Animation	Animation
2d artist	Tim Romanowsky Screen Designer / Layout Animation	Screen Designer / Layout Animation
2d artist	Alexander Schmidt [2] Screen Designer / Layout Animation	Screen Designer / Layout Animation
Compositing supervisor	Julian Quitsch Animation	Animation
Director of photography	Siri Klug
Director	Uli Decker
Editor	Amparo Mejías Auñón
Editor	Frank Müller [2]
Assistant editor	Jonas Windwehr
Assistant editor	Agata Wozniak
Makeup artist / hair stylist	Oliver Hildebrandt
Composer	Anna Kühlein
Producer	Martin Heisler
Producer	Katharina Bergfeld
Assistant-/ junior-producer	Isis Struiksma
Associate producer	Nadja Smith
Line producer	Ruth Ersfeld
Line producer	Martina Hedwig
Assistant production manager	Anne Dörnbrack / support	/ support
Screenwriter	Uli Decker
Screenwriter	Rita Bakacs
Script consultant	Sabine Steyer-Violet
Audio describer	Margit Hartig
Enquiry assistance	Sophia C. Stier Cine Impuls	Cine Impuls
Production sound mixer	Jannik Flieger
Production sound mixer	Philip Hutter
Production sound mixer	Silvio Reichenbach
Production sound mixer	Ludwig Fiedler
Sound re-recording mixer	Olaf Mehl
Sound designer	Valentin Spiegel
Sound designer	Sebastian Schmidt [3]
Foley recordist	Jan Möser
Foley artist	Maxi Pongratz
Commissioning editor	Burkhard Althoff ZDF	ZDF

Production companies

Company	Comment
Flare Film GmbH [de]
ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel [de] co-production	co-production

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Farbfilm Verleih GmbH [de] Germany (theatrical) 2022	Germany (theatrical) 2022

Facilities

Department	Company	Comment
Film Processing/Transfers	MMZ Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum Halle (Saale) GmbH 4K Grading Studio	4K Grading Studio
Sound (Postproduction)	Metrix Media

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Uli Decker	2023	Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis [de] Hauptpreis	Hauptpreis	Nominated
Uli Decker	2023	Bayerischer Filmpreis [de] Documentary	Documentary	Winner
Anna Kühlein	2022	Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival [de] Best Music / Score	Best Music / Score	Nominated
Uli Decker	2022	fsff - Fünf Seen Filmfestival [de] Documentary Film Award	Documentary Film Award	Nominated
Uli Decker	2022	Max Ophüls Preis [de] Best Documentary	Best Documentary	Winner
Uli Decker	2022	Max Ophüls Preis [de] Audience Award Documentary Film	Audience Award Documentary Film	Winner
Uli Decker	2022	Achtung Berlin [de] Documentary	Documentary	Winner
Uli Decker	2022	Dokfest München [de] Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut	Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut	Nominated
Uli Decker	2022	Achtung Berlin [de] Prize of the ecumenical jury	Prize of the ecumenical jury	Winner

Festivals

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2022	Germany	Kassel Dokfest
2022	Germany	Biberach Film Festival Spezial	Spezial
2022	Germany	Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis

TV-broadcast

Type	Country	Station	Date / Time	Comment
First showing	Germany	ZDF [de]	Tuesday, 09/04/2024, 12.10 AM

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	Germany	Thursday, 20/10/2022

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