"Bär" is a personal story about my grandfathers past in World War 2. The film is my graduation project from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. It was finished in 2014. I am very thankfull that within the last 2 years, the film was screened on over 150 festivals worldwide, win Awards and Special Mentions and had me travel to many of those wonderfull festivals. I thank everyone involved in helping me create this very personal piece and the people choosing the film for their festivals. Thank you very much! Please go to my website for more info about the film and myself: www.floerks.de Thank you for watching! Credits: Music and Sound: Christian Heck (sumophonic.de) Production: Julia Smola Excerpt of Prizes, Nominations and Official Selections: First Steps Award 2014 / Winner Short and Animation Film 12th Shnit International Short Film Festival / Nomination: Jury Award Up to 10 Minutes Section Reflecta Film Festival 2014 / Audience Award Couch Fest Films 2014 / Golden Couch Watersprite 2015 / Nominated for The Animation & Original Film Music Categories 20th It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival / Special Mention Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival / Best Animation 9th Wendland Shorts Kurzfilmfestival / Best Documentary Film 4th International Tour Film Fest / Special Mention 23rd Curtas Vila Do Conde International Film Festival / Best Documentary 22nd Capalbio International Film Festival / Special Mention 12th Indianapolis International Film Festival / Best Short 2nd International Film Festival Crosscurrent / Winner in The Category International Contracorriente 14th Concorto Film Festival 2015 / Golden Donkey Award 8th Filmzeitkaufbeuren / Special Mention Innovation Award of the Jury 30th Brest European Short Film Festival / Shorts Tv Award for The Ovni Competition Prix Ars Electronica 2015 Computer Animation/Film/VFX/ Award of Distinction Annecy 2015 / Official Selection Unicato / Unicato Award film of the year 2015 For the full list, please visit http://augohr.de/catalogue/baer
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An animation student, Pascal Floerks, tells a story about his grandfather's past in this short film. Visually substituting a bear for his grandfather was an interesting and, in my estimation, very effective choice. Why do you think he made that decision?