The Flounder
6’24”, 2019
One day a humble fisherman catches an enchanted fish. Can the fish help him, and his wife improve their lot? The Flounder is an experimental interpretation of the short story 'A Fisherman and his Wife’ by the Brothers Grimm. This 18th century German tale is a beautifully structured moral narrative about greed, in which a person is driven to acquire more and more wealth at the expense of the environment. The story is presented using new tools and processes with the aim of encouraging reflection and promoting a sustainable and auspicious way of life.
Technique
The film is animated with ink and paint on A6 printmaking paper, with some collage and cut-out animation, captured under a rostrum camera while the ink is still wet.
Credits
Director: Elizabeth Hobbs
Producer: Abigail Addison
Composition: Carola Bauckholt
Editor: Mark Jenkins
Sound Design: Fonic
The Flounder was one of ten films commissioned by Klangforum Wien and Tricky Women/Tricky Realities for the project ‘The Happiness Machine’.
Awards and Selected Festivals
Best of the Festival Award, London International Animation Festival 2019
Best Sound Design, London International Animation Festival 2019
Best Professional Film at Turku Animated Film Festival 2019
Annecy Festival, France, 2019
Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2019
Kaboom Animation Festival, 2019
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 2019
Cinanima International Animation Festival, Portugal, 2019
McLaren Award programme at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland, 2019
Tricky Women, 2019
Flatpack Festival, UK 2019
Nozstock The Hidden Valley Festival, UK
Turku Animated Film Festival, 2019
In The Palace Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2019
World Festival of Animation, Varna, Bulgaria, 2019
Animaphix IAFF, Italy, 2019
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia, 2019,
Bit Bang Fest, Argentina, 2019
Goethe Institut, Bulgaria, 2019
Encounters Festival, UK, 2019
CRAFT International Animation Festival, Indonesia, 2019
ZINEBI61, Spain
Animage Brazil, 2019
L’Alternativa, Spain, 2019
Manchester Animation Festival, UK, 2019
Leuven Short Film Festival (KORT film festival), Belgium, 2019
ReAnima Yerevan, Armenia, 2019
ISFF Dahka, Bangladesh, 2019
Animac, Lleida, Spain, 2019
Strangelove Time-based Media Festival, UK, 2019
Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, Canada, 2019
Cardiff Animation Festival, Wales, UK, 2019
Monstra, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019
Moscow International Film Festival, 2019
AsterFest Int'l Film Festival, Strumica, Macedonia, 2019
Animafest,Cyprus, 2019
Insomnia Film Festival, Russia, 2019
Fish and Films Festival, Granville, France, 2019
Graffix, Belgium, 2019
Hebrides International Film Festival, Lewes, Scotland, 2019
MIAF reanimated, Australia, 2019