Toy land
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Toy land |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 14 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jochen Alexander Freydank |
| script |
Johann A. Bunners , Jochen Alexander Freydank |
| production | Jochen Alexander Freydank, Christoph Nicolaisen , David C. Bunners |
| music | Ingo Ludwig Frenzel |
| camera | Christoph Nicolaisen |
| cut | Anna Kappelmann |
| occupation | |
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Toyland is a German short film by the Berlin director Jochen Alexander Freydank, which has won several national and international awards . The approximately 14-minute work was produced by 'Mephisto Film' and supported with funds from the Filmförderungsanstalt and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg . After many major festivals in Germany had rejected the film, it was successful at various festivals abroad. Toyland received the Oscar in the short film category in 2009 . The first broadcast on German television took place on March 1, 2009 on ARD .
action
The film is set in the National Socialist German Reich in 1942 . The two boys Heinrich Meißner and David Silberstein are neighbors and friends. When David and his parents as Jews, the deportation threatens Henry nut engages Marianne to a white lie and told her son, his friend travel with his family to Toyland. Heinrich wants to follow his friend there and secretly packs his small suitcase. When the mother notices her son's disappearance, she goes to the train station, where the Jews are already waiting in wagons for their removal. Heinrich is not among them, but the neighbor boy David and his parents are. Marianne pretends to be her own son. After a moment's hesitation, the parents hand the boy over to her and presumably save his life in this way. The final scene shows that the two boys still make music together in old age.
production
According to Freydank, it took two years to secure the film financing. The production costs amounted to 30,000 euros. Actors and team members initially received no fee. The film was shot in and around Berlin within five days. The first day of shooting was January 22, 2007, the German premiere took place exactly one year later on January 22, 2008 as part of the Saarbrücken “ Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis ”. On January 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated the Oscar in the short film category . Another month later, on February 22nd, 2009, “Toy Land” prevailed over its competitors and received the trophy.
Awards
2009
- Oscar in the Best Short Film category for Toy Land
- Washington Jewish Film Festival, USA, Toy Land Audience Award
- Kansas City Film Fest, USA, best narrative short for Toyland
- Phoenix Film Festival, USA, world cinema best short for Toy Land
- Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival, USA, Toy Land Audience Award
- Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival, USA, Toy Land Audience Award
- Rehoboth Film Festival, USA, Toy Land Audience Award
- Villa Mare Film Festival, Italy, Audience Award for Toy Land
- Reno Film Festival, USA, best foreign film for Toy Land
- Portland International Film Festival, USA, Audience Award (second place) for Toy Land
- Lenola Film Festival, Italy, best film + “best soundtrack” for Toy Land
- Shorts at moonlight, D, Audience Award for Toy Land
- Anchorage Film Festival, USA, Toy Land Audience Award
- New Jersey Film Festival, USA, honorable mention for Toy Land
- Cleveland International Film Festival, USA, Toyland Audience Award
- San Diego Jewish Film Festival, USA, audience award for Toy Land
2008
- Short Shorts Film Festival Tokyo, Japan, Toyland Audience Award
- Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation short film award for Toy Land
- Bermuda International Film Festival, Bermuda Short Film Award for Toy Land
- Rhode Island International Film Festival, second place International Discovery Award for Toy Land
- Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, APEC Gold Award for Toy Land
- Alpinale Vorarlberg , Austria, Audience Award for Toy Land
- Odense International Film Festival, Danmark, best children and youth film for Toy Land
- Anchorage International Film Festival, USA, Toy Land Audience Award
- Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, USA Audience Award for Toy Land
- Palm Springs International ShortFest , USA, Audience Award for Toy Land
- Sedicicorto - International Film Festival Forli, Italy, Best short film for Toy Land
- Asheville Film Festival, USA, Best short film for Toy Land
- Victoria Independent Film Festival, Australia, Best short under 20 minutes for Toy Land
- Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Almería, audience and jury award for Toy Land
2007
- Valladolid International Film Festival Official Selection, Golden Spike for Toy Land
Nominations
2008
- Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis Short film competition
- Festróia International Film Festival , Portugal
- Brooklyn International Film Festival, USA
- LA Shorts Film Festival, Best short film , USA
- Best of Shorts Festival, La Ciotat, Best Film , France
- Chicago International Childrens Film Festival, Best international short film , USA
2007
- World Film Festival , Canada
- Foyle Film Festival Derry (Northern Ireland)
Web links
- Toyland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Toyland at filmportal.de
- Toyland homepage
- Toyland on YouTube
- Berlin director receives Oscar STERN
- Toy Land a film by Jochen Alexander Freydank ARTE
- Toy Land - The Book for the Film ( Memento from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- German short film Toy Land wins Oscar FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Toy Land . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2008 (PDF; test number: 112 710 K).
- ↑ Die Welt : “Think about the stretch limo for the Oscar!” Interview from February 18, 2009
- ^ Murnau Foundation - Short Film Award 2008 ( Memento from May 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at murnau-stiftung.de