THE CHANGELING: short movie

The parents ride proudly with their newborn for the first time, because the baby disappears at once. Instead, a troll child is on the way. Frightened and horrified, the father turns away from the ugly creature. But even if the other inhabitants reject the foreign being, the mother can not abandon it. A short story by Selma Lagerlöf served as a model for the eight-minute animated film by Maria Steinmetz. The director skilfully blends different styles, such as iconic painting and silhouettes, and plays creatively with language and symbolism. The film is also to be understood as a praise to tolerance and unshakeable mother love.

director: maria steinmetz
editor: maryna vladi shuklina
client: hff „konrad wolf“ 2011
08:20 min | 35 mm |  Farbe

Festivals:
​Cannes International Film Festival, Sektion Cinéfondation |TOFUZI | kurzundschön | CARTOON D´OR | Internationaler Kurzfilmtag | Poitiers Film Festival / Fokus Filmuniversität Babelsberg | Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart | FICAM - Festival International de Cinema d'Animation de Meknes | Internationaler Comic-Salon “Napoli COMICON“ | Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) | Another Side of Russian Berlin | International Film Festival Cine-Jeune | Festival Cine Junior | 8th Annual Children’s Film Festival Seattle | Festivals Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation | Diessener Kurzfilmfestival | Hennefer Filmfestspielchen | Anim'est International Animation Festival| European Animated Film Festival BALKANIMA | KROK International Animated Film Festival | Fantastisk Film Festival | World Festival of Animated Film Students' Films Competition | Pentedattilo Film Festival | International Animated Film Festival Animator | Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney | Toronto International Film Festival | International Film Festival “Shaken´s Stars 2012” | International Film Festival “Shaken´s Stars 2012” - HFF Special | River Film Festival | International Film Festival for Children and Youth | ANIMABASAURI-ANIMABASQUE International Animated Film Festival | Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | sehsüchte | Festiwal Kina Amatorskiego i Niezaleznego KAN | Monstra - Lisbon Animated Film Festival | International Student Film Festival Belgrad | Travelling Festival | Shortcutz Berlin | Animateka International Animation Film Festival | Rencontres Henri Langlois - International Film Schools Festival | Animpact Animation Festival | New Taipei City Film Festival | Around The World in 14 Films | eushorts | Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen | exground filmfest 24 | Unlimited Festival | Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival | Stockholm International Film Festival | Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema | International Animated Film Festival Tindirindis | DOK Leipzig | Internationales Trickfilm-Wochenende Wiesbaden | Festival International de la Culture Créative et d'Animation de Guilin | World Film Festival Montréal | Guanajuato International Film Festival | Anima Mundi | Femina International Women’s Film Festival | Lubuskie Lato Filmowe/Lubuser Filmsommer |  Shortcutz Berlin | Rencontres Henri Langlois |