Young Ones Student Awards
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Category
Motion / Film Craft / Animation
Annual ID
YO25_A006G
A stop motion student film made in 6 weeks in our school studio. it is Anjas (Director and Writer) second year project. She has never made any stop motion films before and therefore did not animate herself, but she built the puppets and did animation direction. We built all sets by hand, just like the puppets. They are silicon, wire and foam spray.
The movie promotes 'Rettergut', a German brand that "rescues" ugly vegetables, that are edible and makes yummy bread spread or ready-to-eat soups from these rescued vegetables. It is really popular and we based our world design and characters and all the colors on their CI and products. But the company was bought in our production time by another company called "Followfood". They rebranded their products sadly away from the colorful, cute smiling vegetables... We wanted to play with the perfectionistic and fake world that is a small parody of the one we live in, in contrast to the earthy, organic feeling product.
Logline of the story: In a world where only perfect vegetables matter, the ad follows the pea pod Stevie in his pursuit of perfection and an accident at the gym that turns Stevie's life upside down. In his desperate search for meaning and help, he meets a buff tomato and an graceful cauliflower doctor. Metaphorically, the ad is about sustainability and the fight against food waste.
The movie promotes 'Rettergut', a German brand that "rescues" ugly vegetables, that are edible and makes yummy bread spread or ready-to-eat soups from these rescued vegetables. It is really popular and we based our world design and characters and all the colors on their CI and products. But the company was bought in our production time by another company called "Followfood". They rebranded their products sadly away from the colorful, cute smiling vegetables... We wanted to play with the perfectionistic and fake world that is a small parody of the one we live in, in contrast to the earthy, organic feeling product.
Logline of the story: In a world where only perfect vegetables matter, the ad follows the pea pod Stevie in his pursuit of perfection and an accident at the gym that turns Stevie's life upside down. In his desperate search for meaning and help, he meets a buff tomato and an graceful cauliflower doctor. Metaphorically, the ad is about sustainability and the fight against food waste.
2025 Awards
Total Points: 45
Student Gold Cube
Credits
Animator
Angelina Damm
Anna-Sophia Strittmatter
Elia Zeißig
Ilya Barrett
Kirsten Meinert
Ferdinand Ehrhardt
Arne Hain
David Sick
Gina Stephan
Jan Capar
Mikael Jacobsen
Director
Anja Giele
Director of Photography
Vick Polok
Editor
Julian Gilbert
Motion Designer
Ole Bornitz
Producer
Lea Staron
Soraya Szendi
Sound Designer
Moritz Peter
Writer
Anja Giele
College / University
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg / Ludwigsburg
Additional Camera
Lukas Lindner
Additional Editor
Eric Baudler
Animation Producer
Adrian Steuer
Character Design/ Concept Art
Marie Katharina Römer
Co-Author Script
Leonie Waschik
Filmscore
Jannik Ost
Gaffer
Sascha Muschke
Production Designer
Mareike Rückert
Nele Gertsen
Puppet Build
Anja Giele
Arne Hain
Storyboard/ Animatic
Pascal Grob
VFX Artist
Aaron Eisel
VFX Supervisor
Leopold Hönigsberger
Leopold Luther
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