The trailer Buchstabenschubser produced last summer for the DEFA foundation is nominated for the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2010 (Designpreis Deutschland). The 2 minutes long 35mm clip already won the 2nd Design Award 2008 of the Federal State of Brandenburg.
The DEFA foundation is the legal succesor of the former East German film studio DEFA. They aren’t producing films anymore but manage the heritage of over 3.500 films, motion pictures, documentaries and animated films, and they support several independent film projects and individual artists. The foundation is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary in 2009. Therefore we, under the lead of Jan and Ellen from Buchstabenschubser, produced the above mentioned trailer, a mixture of rare footage of the film studio’s intriguing history and traditionally animated elements that picture the new beginning and the vital heritage at the same time.