Quest (1996)

Directed by

Tyron Montgomery

Genre

silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

11 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sand-covered puppet wakes in a desert and follows a paper scrap on the wind. He struggles through mechanical traps and falling stones as he tries to reach it.

wistfulslowtactileatmosphericlonelyhandcraftedsilentdreamlike

What happens

Quest is a 1996 German animated short film directed by Tyron Montgomery, written (story) and produced by Thomas Stellmach at the University of Kassel - Art College. After four years of production it won several awards including the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Supported by the German Federal Film Board and the Cultural Film Fund of the State of Hessian the puppet animation film was shot frame by frame with an ARRI II BV and a self constructed single frame motor. The character was made of brass skeleton, latex foam and sand. Together with the flying paper, the falling stones and the rotating machines the puppet was manipulated and photographed 19,000 times and reviewed only by video control. No digital compositing software was used. Quest is distributed by Thomas Stellmach. It is part of the Animation Show of Shows as well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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