Franz Winzentsen Movies

The son of a photographer chasing his dream of life in a deserted harbor area is reminded by a chance acquaintance that he loves the same type of...

An animated short film based on the famous fairytale by the Brothers Grimm about the enterprising cat in boots and a feather hat, who manages to...

A society is described in which everyone only has six days to live. The film follows two of these people through their existence. People are born by...

Inspired by a visit to the mines of Falun, the film depicts dreamlike movements through a fictional mine, composed of images from several ore mines...

A German Film Award winning short animation about endangered hedgehogs.

Three times before my conception, I should have been allowed to take a look at the world. Twice I was allowed to refuse to be born and wait for...

A film drawn and dubbed by children in a 6th grade class, animated by Franz Winzentsen.

Diwan, a lyric anthology, an outdoor movie with people. With people living in the surrounding precious and very beautifully photographed nature, are...

A Cinetrakt, created shortly after the reactor disaster in Chornobyl. A quote from a nuclear manager is dissected. The result is 'Abschalten' (Shut...

A short film by Franz Winzentsen

The queen of the black market is my grandmother, as I imagined her in the post-war period, but also her favorite coffee pot, which escaped from my...

Escape attempt - An error of nature.

A diary-like collection of short film clips lasting two to three minutes, created using single-frame recording techniques at the animation table...

A female figure wanders inside a warehouse interior and through various motifs, including a fan and a birdcage, set to a medieval chant.

Fabian is a disaster researcher. He wants to investigate the demise of the Golden Loom, a once-flourishing culture centered around the weaving of the...

Figures in a side-scrolling landscape.

A narrator meets a broom maker, a photographer dreams of pictures, a cook loses himself in a fantasy world.

An expedition report (a winter sailing trip down the Elbe), and a document about filmmakers who leave a city because it's more hospitable elsewhere,...

A short film

Handbrushes, collected from the rubble in the ruins of a former ship's propeller factory, have grown beaks. In a conference they connect the built-in...