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Fox child

- "Fox child" tells a story about acceptance and healing facing a congenital illness. -

"Fox child" tells the story of a young girl living with tourette's syndrome, a neurological disorder resulting in "tics" - seemingly involuntary twitches and movements as well as tic-like vocal expressions.

Being different than the other kids her age she tries to gain acceptance but faces teasing and rejection on a daily basis. After a bad day, being rejected even by her mother, she meets a mysterious fox who leads her into a magical world inside of herself where she begins a journey to learn how to face and to accept her tics and how to gain back her confidence and self-love.

(This is a student film.)

  • Jan Čapar
    Director
  • Jan Čapar
    Writer
  • Jan Čapar
    Producer
  • Maud Heyne
    Producer
  • Jansen Čapar
    Producer
  • Jansen Čapar
    Puppet building
  • Jan Čapar
    Puppet building
  • Jan Čapar
    Animation
  • Jan Čapar
    Editing
  • Jan Čapar
    Sounddesign
  • Jan Čapar
    Camera
  • Elisa Mand
    Camera
  • Jan Čapar
    Setdesign
  • Jansen Čapar
    Setdesign
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Fuchskind
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
Director Biography - Jan Čapar

- Born 1995 in Stuttgart, Germany.
- Finished high school in 2014.
- Worked as trainee in animation, illustration and script writing in 2015/16.
- Studied film and acting at the educational college Ludwigsburg in 2016.
- Won script writing contest of the german environmental institute and the film university Babelsberg in 2017, worked as author at the university of Babelsberg.
- Started to study film at the university of Darmstadt in 2017.
- Won the film festival "aftermath" of the university of Darmstadt in 2021.
- The animation film "fox child" was nominated for the "Hessian film- and cinema prize 2021"
- Gradutation film (animation) "The First Gardener" was chosen by 'HessenFilm' for the special film subsidy of Hessia 2021
- Successfully finished the film studies at "Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences" 2021
- "Fox Child" was screend at the 'HessenTalents' at Berlinale 2022
- Work as freelance (stop motion animation) filmmaker 2022 & 2023
- Lateral entry in the "animation directing" studies at the "Animation Institute" of "Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg" 2023

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Director Statement

" 'Fox child' tells a story about tourette's syndrome - a condition I have myself. Therefore it is a very personal film. However it is about much more than just about tourette's. The film tells a story of acceptance, self-discovery and courage. A story about a journey from the outside to the inside. The protagonist desperately seeks acceptance of her peers but her attempts at gaining this acceptance fail. This is how her journey into her inner world begins. A journey in which she gets to know a fox which is essentially a symbol of her own confidence. In the world of the fox she gets to understand her differences and learns how to deal with them. The fox takes her home. Home is not a place in the outside world but an inner place of calm and peace which the protagonist is able to find.