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Gaïa

Partner: Filmfest Dresden   |   Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Director: Gwenola Heck
Filmmaker's profile

Gaïa is a living planet whose body is inhabited by humans. As their resources begin to diminish, her inhabitants attempt to impregnate her in order to create another planet - a new habitat.

Details

Duration: 4min.

Country: Germany

Language: French

Year: 2025

Genre: Animation, Experimental

Topic: Body, Environment, Experimental, Feminism, Motherhood, Nature

Cast & Crew

Director: Gwenola Heck

Production company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Writer: Gwenola Heck

Cinematographer: Franziska Kabutke

Editor: Jan Wollenschläger

Music: Perschya Chehrazi, Malte Hartleb

Actors: Gwenola Heck

Distributor Company: Fabian & Fred

Festivals & Awards

2025

Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin

Animateka - International Animated Film Festival

International Animated Film Festival TOFUZI

2026

Animation Dingle

Tampere Film Festival

Manchester Animation Festival

Filmschau Baden-Wuerttemberg

Filmfest Dresden Filmfest Dresden Sächsischer Filmförderpreis - Nationaler Wettbewerb

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS)

Cannes – Short Film Corner

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

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