Katharina Rival - I'M NOT AFRAID

German Title: Ich habe keine Angst!
Norwegian Title: Jeg er ikke redd!
Category: Animated Short
Length: 7 minutes
Animation Technique: 2D
Director: Marita Mayer
Producer: Fabian Driehorst
Co-Producer: Lillian Løvseth, Anita Killi
Companies: Fabian&Fred, Trollfilm
Funding: MOIN, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film, BKM, FFA, Østnorsk Filmsenter, Fond for Lyd og Bilde
Countries: Germany, Norway

Services: Concept Art - Layout - Backgrounddesign - Titelgestaltung - Plakatgestaltung - Pressbook

Vanja discovers that being brave means to face your own fears, and that everyone is scared now and then – even the big ones.

Visual Development

With a few key moments that we had worked out from the script, the first big step was finding the story world Sketch phase. We created sheets in Photoshop and began to fill them with ideas for the moments in the script that had been worked out. Here are a few exaples:

Sketches

Sceneillustrations - which are more worked out Illustrations of ideas in different Styles, to develop the look of the Film.

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Layouts

With a few key moments that we had worked out from the script, the first big step was finding the story world Sketch phase. We created sheets in Photoshop and began to fill them with ideas for the moments in the script that had been worked out. Here are a few exaples:

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Backgrounds

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Credits

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Pressbook

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Poster

Trailer

Awards/HonorsAnimatricks - Best Children's Animation
PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights - Jury Mention
Big Cartoon Festival - Best International Children's Animation
Primanima - Audience Award
Dytiatko Film Festival - Best Animation
Ojo de Pescado Children's Film Festival - Special Mention
Heilbronner Kinderfilmfestival - Audience Award

Festivals
2024 Monstra Animation Festival
2024 Rolan Children's and Youth Film Festival
2024 Beirut Animation Nights
2024 Providence Children's Film Festival
2024 Cardiff Animation Festival
2024 Rhode Island International Film Festival
2023 Cactus Children's and Youth Film Festival
2023 Kecskemét Animation Film Festival
2023 Big Eyes, Big Minds
2023 Golden Kuker Animation Festival
2023 Animatricks
2023 Filmfest Dresden
2023 Cleveland Film Festival
2023 Reel 2 Real Youth Film Festival
2023 Animation Dingle
2023 Monstra Animation Festival
2023 PLAY Kids Film Festival Lisbon
2023 Anima Brussels
2023 Cinelebu
2023 JEFF Antwerp
2023 IndieJunior
2023 Anima Jove
2022 Kinderfilmfestival Vienna
2022 Olympia Children's Film Festival
2022 Ale Kino Children's Film Festival
2022 Cinema in Sneakers Festival
2022 Chicago Children's Film Festival
2022 Listapad Minsk Film Festival
2022 Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
2022 REX Animation Festival
2022 interfilm Berlin KUKI
2022 PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights
2022 Big Cartoon Festival
2022 Kuandu Animation Festival
2022 Frederikstad Animation Festival
2022 Primanima
2022 DOK Leipzig
2022 Schlingel Children's Film Festival
2022 Florianopolis Children’s Film Festival
2022 Animest
2022 Primanima
2022 BFI London Film Festival
2022 Festival Biennial of Animation Bratislava
2022 Reykjavík International Film Festival
2022 Viborg Animation Festival
2022 Nordisk Panorama
2022 Animasyros
2022 Dytiatko Film Festival
2022 Fantoche
2022 Ojo de Pescado Children's Film Festival
2022 Heilbronner Kinderfilmfestival
2022 Turku Animation Festival
2022 Rhode Island Film Festival
2022 DokuFest Prizren
2022 Guanajuato Film Festival
2022 Anibar
2022 Vila do Conde
2022 Grimstad Film Festival
2022 Goldener Spatz
2022 Mo&Friese Children's Film Festival
2022 Zlin Film Festival
2022 Oberhausen Short Film Festival
2022 ITFS Stuttgart Animation Festival
2022 Kristiansand Children’s Film Festival
2022 RiverRun Film Festival
2022 Sehsüchte Film Festival
2022 Kaboom Animation Festival
2022 Animac Animation Festival
2022 Berlinale Generation Kplus