DIETER
2024, 10 min. 35 sec.
2D-Computer Animation
Production:
bbdesignanimation GmbH
Co-Production:
SRF Swiss Radio and Television
Editor responsible:
Gabriela Bloch Steinmann
Supported by:
Federal Office of Culture
Zurich Film Foundation
SRG SSR
World Rights:
bbdesignanimation GmbH
ISAN
0000-0007-2AB7-0000-W-0000-0000-F
Dieter, the ailing sculptor, has not been able to work properly for a long time, simple things fail him. While he tries to recapture his fleeting memories, they take him away from his workshop into another, fantastic world and into mysterious landscapes …
A DIFFERENT STORY
The external effects of dementia, the resulting disabilities and problems in the real world have been portrayed in other films.
My intention is different: It is not to show the daily things that my twin brother could no longer master. Rather, I want to show the story of his dementia as his "inner" journey. I use his sculptures and last painted pictures to depict the world into which this journey takes him.
Dieter's story, told with his sculptures and his paintings (combined with my gaze and my animation) results in a very unique narrative approach and thus shows the subject of dementia from a new - unknown - angle.
Script, Direction:
Rolf Brönnimann
Visual Development, Character Animation:
Rolf Brönnimann, Simon Eltz
Effect Animation, Compositing:
Stefan Holaus, Gabriel Brönnimann
Dramaturgical Counselling:
Claudius Gentinetta
Musicians:
Eva Maria Burkard (Cello), Gallus Burkard (Double Bass)
Music after Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber "Passacaglia"
Sound Design / Mix:
Peter Bräker, Oscar Van Hoogevest
Photography:
Erich Berchtold
Research, Production Assistant:
Benjamin Brönnimann