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The man with the gay balloon

A series of short films in disguise of movie-trailers.

The incredible, romantic and horrible story of a man and his balloon, of the beautiful Schaki, the dog of number V and of the concierge or better „caretaker" of an old viennese hotel. In search of their burning desire they will meet each other and nothing will be as it was before.

Description:
"Der Mann mit dem bunten Ballon" investigates the form of narration by means of fragmentation and spacing. Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Love-Story, Drama, Horror or Western. The 6 shorts were developed from a participative (ongoing) film experiment with an open-ended screenplay. Inspiring the journey into the intermediate stage, impossible possible actions of a child´s play. Leaving behind particular emotions in order to project this ineffable longing and my childhood dreams of moving image into cinematic and exhibition space.

The Work is in progress.

  • Muzak
    Director
  • Riha
    Director
  • Muzak
    Writer
  • Muzak & Riha
    Producer
  • Muzak & Riha
    Animation
  • Muzak & Riha
    Artistic Head
  • Katharina Mörth
    Artistic Collaboration
  • William Stickers
    Artistic Collaboration
  • Muzak
    Sounddesign
  • Muzak
    Editing
  • Muzak
    Director of Photography
  • Karoline Riha
    puppets and costume design
  • Muzak
    puppets and setdesign
  • Katharina Mörth
    additional puppet design and special artwork in Trailer 5, 7 and 8
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Der Mann mit dem bunten Ballon
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 35 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 1, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria
  • Language:
    English, German, Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 2 Days Animation Festival Best Austrian Animation ASIFA Austria Award 2017
    Vienna
    Austria
    November 23, 2017
    Austrian Premiere
    Audience Award
Distribution Information
  • self
    Country: Austria
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Muzak, Riha

Muzak was born in the seventies, in an elevator of a Pittsburgh department store. In school he started drawing together with his mates, but sometimes stopped in order to tinker a movie or a space. Muzak studied film and art in Vienna, (Farocki, Frohner) Austria from 1999 - 2010. He works in the fields of experimental animation and participative art. In Co-Operation with Karoline Riha they are better known as MuKaTo or "MUZAK&RIHA".

Karoline Riha
Is a visual artist, working in the field of moving imagery and print, using strategies of artistic collaboration, participation and community-based art-production. In her work she deals with visual networking processes, narrative structures and the surrounding as a basis of action. Within her interdisciplinary projects, questions of art production and interaction of recording processes within different media are raised.

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Director Statement

"Der Mann mit dem bunten Ballon" investigates the form of narration by means of fragmentation and spacing.
Leaving behind particular emotions in order to project this ineffable longing and my childhood dream of moving image into cinematic space.
Muzak, auteur et réalisateur