The Periwig-Maker
„The story of a man who sealed himself off in medieval plague-infested London to escape the danger of infection.“
Based on Daniel Defoe’s book A Journal of the Plague Year.
1999 / Stop-motion animation / 15′
Produced by Annette Schäffler
Directed by Steffen Schäffler
Animated by Phil Dale
With the voice talent of Kenneth Branagh
OSCAR & BAFTA Nomination – Best animated Short
Shown at more than 100 Int. Film Festivals
Winner of 31 Awards
Pickels in a Pickle
„The heat is on and everyone’s looking forward to a dip in the pond – but Pickels might have gotten into a bit of a pickle with their plans for the swimming hole.“
2011 / CG animation / 9′
Co-production with Liquid Image, Berlin
Based on characters by Rob Stevenhagen
Animated by Stefan Klauss and Jonas Manke
Produced by Annette Schäffler and Martin Herzberg
Directed by Steffen Schäffler
Animago AWARD – Jury’s Prize Nominee
Screen Test
„A passionate amateur auditions for the leading part of a costume drama.“
2009 / Hand-drawn animation / 4′
Produced by Annette Schäffler
Directed by Steffen Schäffler
Animated by Rob Stevenhagen
With the voice talent of Josef Hader
FBW – Film of the month
Der deutsche Film #1
(the german film, part 1)
Interviews with independent German filmmakers:
Wolfgang Becker, Matthias Glasner, Philip Gröning, Oskar Roehler and Tom Tykwer
1999 / Documentary / 59′
Co-production with Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Produced by Annette Schäffler
Directed by Steffen Schäffler
Published as a book by Belleville Verlag, Munich
NEUN INTERVIEWS / 2002 / ISBN 3-933510-70-8
Additional Interviews with:
Jörg Buttgereit, Ralf Huettner, Romuald Karmakar
und Hans-Christian Schmid
Deus
A cinematic poem exploring human despair.
1996 / Experimental / 10′
Co-production with Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Produced by Annette Schäffler
and Christian Berkenbusch
Directed by Steffen Schäffler
Starring Georgia Stahl and Sebastian Schipper
Ahoi
„During a quick stop on their honeymoon, Bluemchen’s husband mysteriously disappears.“
1994 / Live action / 14′
Produced by Annette Schäffler and Peter von Haller
Directed by Annette and Steffen Schäffler
Starring Dana Vavrova, Thomas Kretschman and Jophi Ries
Rot (Red)
„Two hotel cleaners are tidying up a room after a suicide.“
1994 / Live Action / 8′
Co-production with Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Produced by Annette Schäffler
Directed by Steffen Schäffler
Starring Patricia Rapp and Birgit Langkabel
Das lächerliche Lied der Liebe (The Lolly Lay of Love)
A medieval (p)lay about a fairytale tragedy.
1993 / Live action / 8′
Co-production with Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Produced by Annette Schäffler
Directed by Steffen Schäffler
Music by Roland Merz
Lotte A.
„A young woman gets worked up in her own conspiracy theory.“
1993 / Live action / 5′
Produced by Annette Schäffler
Directed by Steffen Schäffler
Starring Nicole Bentin
With the voice talent of Ulrike Arnold
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