Synopsis
Edgar is not getting a lot of attention and affection from his parents, as they prefer spending time with their smartphones and laptops than with their son. In the forest, a fox helps lonely Edgar until his parents suddenly get a wake-up call.
Info
Trailer
Film stills
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- Fox for Edgar – Still 01
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- Fox for Edgar – Still 02
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- Fox for Edgar – Still 03
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- Fox for Edgar – Still 04
Awards
Festival Screenings
• 29. Goldener Spatz – Deutsches Kinder Medien Festival (6.-12. june 2021, Gera/ Erfurt, Germany)
• 9. Animator FEST – European Youth Festival of Animated Film (1.-5. september 2021, Jagodina, Serbia)
• 60. Zlín Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth (9.-15. september 2021, Zlín, Czech Republic)
• 8. Bremer Kinder- & Jugendfilmfest KIJUKO (2.-10. october 2021, Bremen, Germany)
• 26. Schlingel – Internationales Filmfestival für Kinder und junges Publikum (9.-16. october 2021, Chemnitz, Germany)
• 4. Sofia International Kid’s Film Festival (12.-17. october 2021, Sofia, Bulgaria)
• 19. Film Front Festival (28.-31. october 2021, Novi Sad, Serbia)
• 66. Cork International Film Festival (4.-14. november 2021, Cork, Ireland)
• 38. Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (5.-14. november 2021, Chicago, USA)
• 26. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (9.-14. november 2021, Winterthur, Switzerland)
• 23. Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People (28. november – 5. december 2021, Pyrgos, Greece)
• 39. International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! (28. november – 5. december 2021, Poznan, Poland)
• 19. Bogotá Short Film Festival – BOGOSHORTS (7.-14. december, Bogotá, Colombia)
• 39. Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival (5.-12. december, Poznan, Poland)
• 32. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage (24. january – 6. february 2022, Bamberg, Germany)
• 9. PLAY – Lisbon’s International Children’s Film Festival (12.-20 february, Lisbon, Portugal)
• 28. Kineko International Children’s Film Festival (18.-22. march 2022, Tokyo, Japan)
• 34. JEF Festival (19. february – 6. march 2022, Belgium)
• 27. Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (18.-27. march 2022, Regensburg, Germany)
• Cinemagic ‘On the Pulse’ Short Film Festival (6th-31st march 2022, Belfast, Ireland)
• 7. Ulju Mountain Film Festival (1.-10. april 2022, Ulsan, Korea)
• Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (26th april- 1st may 2022, Kristiansand, Norway)
• 10. Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival (10th-17th may 2022, Seoul, Korea)
• 28. Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing (13th + 14th may 2022, Thalmässing, Germany)
• 2. Cactus International Children’s & Youth Film Festival (20.-22. may 2022, Aosta, Italy)
• The 22nd Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival (18th-22th may 2022, Martha’s Vineyard, USA)
• The 45. Norwegian Short Film Festival (8th-12th june, Grimstad, Norway)
• 45. Festival du Film court en plein air de Grenoble (29th june-2nd july 2022, Grenoble, France)
• 20. Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2022 (7th-20th june 2022, Tokyo, Japan)
• 15. Fest Anča International Animation Film Festival (29th june – 3rd july 2022, Zilina, Slovakia)
• 17. BIKY Busan International Kids and Youth Festival (8th-17th july 2022, Busan, Korea)
• 13. Anibar International Animation Festival (13th-19th july 2022, Peja, Kosovo)
• 47. Filmfest Weiterstadt (10th-14th august 2022, Weiterstadt, Germany)
• 21. Concorto Film Festival (20th-27th august 2022, Pontenure, Italy)
• 28. Nancy International Film Festival (26th august – 4th september 2022, Nancy, France)
• 5. Festival of Animation Berlin (30th september – 2nd october 2022, Berlin, Germany)
• Filmzeit Allgäu (2th-16th october 2022, Allgäu, Germany)
• 19. Sedicicorto International Film Festival (6.-15. october 2022, Forli, Italy)
• Discovery Film Festival (october 2022, Dundee, Scotland/ UK)
• 17. Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival (7th-16th october 2022, Bucharest, Romania)
• CineÒ – Festival del Cinema in Ospedale (12th-14th october 2022, Bari, Italy)
• 10. Accessible Film Festival (17.-23. october 2022, Ankara, Turkey)
• 19. London International Animation Festival (25th november – 4th december 2022, London, UK)
• Reggio Film Festival (26. october – 1. november 2022, reggio Emilia, Italy)
• MONSTRA Lisbon Animation Festival (15.-26. march 2023, Lisbon, Portugal)
• 8. International Children Film Festival of Galicia Peque Filmes 2024 (26.-28.1.2024, Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
About the Director
Pauline Kortmann studied Animation at Film and Television Academy “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam Babelsberg. She is part of Talking Animals Animation Collective in Berlin and works free-lance as animation filmmaker, photographer and videographer. Her short films “Chicken Wings” and “Frog Weather” have been screened successfully at international film festivals and won numerous awards.
Team
Director & Producer
Pauline Kortmann
Animation
Pauline Kortmann, Ulf Grenzer, Maxi Alker, Milen Vitanov, Jost Althoff, Nikolai Neumetzler
Backgrounds
Pauline Kortmann
Illustrations
Sandra Brandstätter
Sound Design & Mix
Michał Krajczok
Foley Artist
Daniel Weis
Foley Recordist
Hanse Warns
Voices
Edgar: Beatrice Matis, Mother: Sonja Rohleder, Father: Marco Rosenberg
Featuring Songs by
Zoë Keating
Colour Grading & Finishing
Viktor Gette
Additional Compositing
Sonja Rohleder
Colour Consultant
Jan Schneider
Script Consultant
Annette Friedmann
Film funding & Supporters
