THE VISITOR
Film - Kinderfilmfest Filmfest 2022

THE VISITOR

Directed by Alexandra Schatz

Info

Director: Alexandra Schatz
Section: Kinderfilmfest
Country: Germany
Year: 2020
PT: DER BESUCH
OT: DER BESUCH
BT: KURZES FÜR KLEINE
Language: German
Version: Original version
Cast: Sybille Brunner
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Uniquely different: SHORTS FOR KIDS - For children under the age of 6, a late admission is possible after the first short film (KIKO AND THE ANIMALS, 8 min, age rating 6 and up)

Elise is a timid woman who never leaves her home. When a paper airplane flies through her window one day, color magically returns to her life.


Approx. 80 min. in total (age 6 rating and up, recommended for ages 5 and up, kindergarten through 4th grade).


 

Meet the director

THE VISITOR

Alexandra Schatz

Alexandra Schatz was born in Pirmasens, Germany, in 1955. From 1975 to 1981, she studied art education and fine arts at the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig with a focus on film and photography, and from 1983 to 1990 she taught animated film there. Since 1981, Schatz has been a freelance director and producer of animated films in Hannover. TV programs in which her animated films have been shown include “Die Sendung mit der Maus”, “Siebenstein”, and “Sandmännchen”. From 2000 to 2002, she was head of the department of program development at RTV Family Entertainment AG in Munich, with a focus on animation. Since 2002, she has been in charge of international cinema and TV co-productions, some of which, since 2007, have been under the umbrella of her own animated film studio in Hannover.

Credits

Screenplay: Alexandra Schatz
Director of Photography: Wolfram Späth
Film Editor: Wolfram Späth
Composer: Tobias Becker
Production Designer: Bernd-Wolf Dettelbach
Sound design: Torben Seemann
Animation: Sonja Schneider
Producer: Alexandra Schatz
Production Company: ALEXANDRA SCHATZ FILMPRODUKTION GmbH
Executive producer: Alexandra Schatz
World Sales: ALEXANDRA SCHATZ FILMPRODUKTION GmbH