This is the festival’s annual competition programme for animated student films from the Nordic and Baltic region. 13 student works have been selected to be screened in the programme and are in the competition for the Golden Gunnar for best Nordic Baltic student film. The films are also eligible to win the Grand Prix and the Audience Award.
The programme consists of 13 short films from Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Germany. Films that have been accepted into Fredrikstad Animation Festival’s short film competition are eligible to be nominated for the European Animation Awards.
Age Limit: 15
After an exhausting rainy day, a young woman is struggling with her growingly overwhelming feelings. Initially, she has difficulties allowing her tears and fights actively against them. Yet as soon as she learns to accept and appreciate the rain, she also makes peace with crying. In the end, she finds comfort and consolation in her own tears.
Oscar Jacobson was born in 1995 in Sweden, and grew up in Zurich, Switzerland. During his graphic design apprenticeship, his passion for illustration grew. Julia Skala was born in 1997 and grew up in Wiesbaden, Germany, with a thriving passion for art and animation. Since 2018, they both study animation at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
- Year2020
- Runtime6:03
- CountryGermany
- DirectorOscar Jacobson, Julia Skala
- ScreenwriterJulia Skala
- ProducerMichael Hessenbruch
- CinematographerOscar Jacobson
- EditorViola Pröttel
- AnimatorOscar Jacobson, Ilya Lorenz Barrett, Julia Skala, Alice Reily de Souza
- Production DesignJulia Skala, Oscar Jacobson
- Sound DesignJulian Berg
- MusicPatrick Kuhn Botelho
This is the festival’s annual competition programme for animated student films from the Nordic and Baltic region. 13 student works have been selected to be screened in the programme and are in the competition for the Golden Gunnar for best Nordic Baltic student film. The films are also eligible to win the Grand Prix and the Audience Award.
The programme consists of 13 short films from Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Germany. Films that have been accepted into Fredrikstad Animation Festival’s short film competition are eligible to be nominated for the European Animation Awards.
Age Limit: 15
After an exhausting rainy day, a young woman is struggling with her growingly overwhelming feelings. Initially, she has difficulties allowing her tears and fights actively against them. Yet as soon as she learns to accept and appreciate the rain, she also makes peace with crying. In the end, she finds comfort and consolation in her own tears.
Oscar Jacobson was born in 1995 in Sweden, and grew up in Zurich, Switzerland. During his graphic design apprenticeship, his passion for illustration grew. Julia Skala was born in 1997 and grew up in Wiesbaden, Germany, with a thriving passion for art and animation. Since 2018, they both study animation at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
- Year2020
- Runtime6:03
- CountryGermany
- DirectorOscar Jacobson, Julia Skala
- ScreenwriterJulia Skala
- ProducerMichael Hessenbruch
- CinematographerOscar Jacobson
- EditorViola Pröttel
- AnimatorOscar Jacobson, Ilya Lorenz Barrett, Julia Skala, Alice Reily de Souza
- Production DesignJulia Skala, Oscar Jacobson
- Sound DesignJulian Berg
- MusicPatrick Kuhn Botelho