Private Project

Symblings

In a world out of balance, where poisoned mushrooms consume the last plants, the fateful symbiosis between a young chestnut and a small mushroom takes on a journey through the dark and toxic wasteland to find a better place to live and restore balance.

  • Dominik Girod
    Director
  • Lennard Fricke
    Producer
  • Sylvia Jorde
    Producer
  • Benjamin Wahl
    Animation
  • Gregor Wittich
    Animation
  • Dominik Girod
    Music
  • Stefan Erschig
    Sound design
  • Esther Brechlin
    Art Director
  • Caroline Keulertz
    Technical Director
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 3, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Pforzheimer Selbstgedrehte 2022
    Pforzheim
    Germany
    World premiere
  • Tbilisi International Animation Festival 2022
    Tbilisi
    Georgia
  • Festival Animanie 2022
    Pilsen
    Czech Republic
  • Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2022
    Stuttgart
    Germany
Director Biography - Dominik Girod

Dominik Girod, (born 1997, Mainz, Germany), spent his childhood in the hilly countryside of Rhenish Hesse, a landscape largely devoted to vineyards and enjoying life. As a child, he attended the Landeskunstgymnasium Rheinland-Pfalz, a secondary school devoted to teaching all kinds of art forms to young students. From a young age Dominik was very interested in filmmaking and would create little stop motion films by using a small camcorder. He was influenced by the fantastical films of Hayao Miyazaki and the endearing books of Michael Ende. After school Dominik worked in several film and media production companies. At the same time he was learning to play piano and took several courses on musical composition and orchestration, while also being teached to paint and draw. He currently studies animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Filmography (excerpt)
2021 - Der Fuchs
2021 - Highscore Heaven

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