Shut Up Moon

She: Sometimes you can´t sleep; then the moon is like a pipe whose echo lets it talk to itself. The pencil is soft and takes the loneliness in a new city to heart. "Shut up Moon." But it whizzes back and forth outside behind the window. She´s friends with the Epson printer, which also knows that she thinks it is a bit strange. Hugging him, depending on him, and hanging out with him, cosy. The screech of the long lost dot matrix printer can still be heard in its printing sound. And a little owl calls, that´s the sound that sends a shudder down your spine. The invisible friends and the snatches of a conversation, the inside of the outside of the inside-being protected, and being exposed; that´s what this film by the animation film artist Gudrun Krebitz mumbles about. A bit of spit and a fine, free stumble. The figure, almost naked, in underwear, gets applause and then bows, shy at the undulant attention, and wraps her arms around her head. "The technique is entirely minimal and simple," says Krebitz. And the sound by Marian Mentrup fits like a glove. The vampire teeth make a "clack." And the figure sleeps under the table like a whale. Then she drifts through air and water in a long, free fall. (Madeleine Bernstorff)
Translation: Lisa Rosenblatt

Orig. Title
Shut Up Moon
Year
2014
Countries
Austria, United Kingdom
Duration
4 min
Director
Gudrun Krebitz
Category
Animation
Orig. Language
English
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Shut Up Moon (Image)
Shut Up Moon (Image)
Shut Up Moon (Image)
Credits
Director
Gudrun Krebitz
Concept & Realization
Gudrun Krebitz
Music
Marian Mentrup
Sound
Marian Mentrup
Available Formats
Digital File (prores, h264) (Distribution Copy)
DCP 2K flat
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Frame Rate
25 fps
Color Format
b/w
Festivals (Selection)
2015
Graz - Diagonale, Festival des Österreichischen Films
Uppsala - Int. Short Film Festival
Barcelona - L’ALTERNATIVA - II Mostra Internacional de Cinema Alternatiu
Wien - One Day Animation Festival
Ljubiljana Animateka - Int. Animation Film Festival
2016
Frankfurt - LICHTER Film Festival
Brno B16 Short Film Festival
2017
Marienbad International Film Festival