SHIPS PASSING IN THE NIGHT

Ships Passing in the Night

Alemania. 2016. Color. 12 min. Animación. .
  • Film Director: Zwimpfer Elisabeth.
  • Scriptwriter: Zwimpfer Elisabeth.
  • Editing: Zwimpfer Elisabeth.
  • Art director: Zwimpfer Elisabeth.
  • Music: Kanté Manfila & Balla Kalla and Entertainment for the Braindead.
  • Sound: Tobias Böhm; Christian Wittmoser.
  • Animation: Alma Weber.
  • Producer: Zwimpfer Elisabeth.

Malaika lives in Europe, Pombalo in Africa. She collects stranded goods, he is a fisherman. As the nets remain empty, he sets off to Europe. At the shore they face each other. Their fate seems to end like ships passing in the night. A short sign and then wide infinity again...



Zwimpfer Elisabeth

Elisabeth Zwimpfer, born in Basle in 1981, graduated at the School of Design in Basel from 2002 to 2005 and then worked as a graphic artist in Bern until 2006. In 2005, she began studying Art History and Social Anthropology before switching to Graphic, Design and Visual Arts from 2007. Since 2011 Zwimpfer has been studying Ilustration and Trickfilm at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. 

"Hidden Track" (2013) / "Regennull" (2012)