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Gaïa

Partner: Filmfest Dresden   |   Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg   |   German Short Films: NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER

Director: Gwenola Heck

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

Encounters Film Festival

AFI Fest-American Film Institute

Cinanima Animated Film Festival

Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival

Animasyros International Animation Festival

Glasgow Film Festival

Osnabrück Independent Film Festival

Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt

Wiesbaden International Festival of Animation

Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (BISFF)

Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art

Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art

Filmets - Badalona Film Festival

Canlandiranlar International Film Festival

International Animated Film Festival TOFUZI

Flipbook Film Festival

FANTAELX Elche International Fantastic Film Festival

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