The lion has to become more physically fit. The gazelle does not think he is capable of doing so.
Script & Direction: Julia Ocker
Design: Julia Ocker, Kiana Naghshineh, Christoph Horch, Paul Cichon
Technical Director: Ralf Bohde
Animatic: Elena Walf
Animation: Julia Ocker, Urte Zintler, Ina Gabriel
Sounddesign, Music: Christian Heck, Sumophonic
Funding: MFG Baden-Württemberg, MDM
Co-Production: KiKA / SWR
Production Manager: Bianca Just
Producer: Thomas Meyer-Hermann
Production: Studio Film Bilder, 2018
Awards for “Lion“:
Audience Award for the Best Short, Nature Film Festival Neustrelitz, Germany, 2018
Best Animated Short, National Competition, Schlingel, Chemnitz, Germany, 2018
Special Mention of the Children’s Jury, Anima Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Awards for “Animanimals“:
Emmy Kids Award nomination, preschool category, Los Angeles, USA, 2019
Best TV Series, World Festival of Animated Film, Varna, Bulgaria, 2019
Grimme-Award, section children and youth, Marl, Germany, 2019
Best National Kids Series, Stuttgart Animation Festival, 2018