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Animation Night 2023
Filmstill Ginevra
Ginevra
Tess Martin
A young woman is strangled. The mother’s moving dirge – based on a poem by Percy Shelley – accompanies us as her daughter Ginevra is laid out and resurrects.
Filmstill Ginevra

Ginevra

Ginevra
Tess Martin
Animation Night 2023
Animated Film
USA,
Netherlands
2017
4 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

The rising sun reveals a gruesome crime. In the orange-red dawn, between the dunes and the rippling sea, a young woman is strangled to death. The victim’s neck is marked by the deep imprints of her murderer’s hands. The mother’s moving dirge – based on a poem by Percy Shelley – accompanies us as her daughter Ginevra is laid out and resurrects.

Franka Sachse

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Tess Martin
Producer
Max Rothman
Sound Design
Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
Score
Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
Animation
Tess Martin
Animation Night 2023
Filmstill Mario
Mario
Tess Martin
A macabre, hypnotic children’s song about Mario the soldier and his disappointed love announces a brutal murder. Images of memories flow into each other and make us shiver.
Filmstill Mario

Mario

Mario
Tess Martin
Animation Night 2023
Animated Film
Netherlands,
USA
2014
3 minutes
Italian
Subtitles: 
English

A macabre Italian children’s song tells the story of Mario, a soldier who returns from war and must learn that his girlfriend has left him for another man. Mario decides to kill her. The film picks up on the ambivalent mood of the song and reinforces its vibration in the space between blithe children’s game and brutal murder.

Franka Sachse

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Tess Martin
Producer
Tess Martin
Score
Jason Staczek
Animation
Tess Martin
Animation Night 2023
Filmstill The Whale Story
The Whale Story
Tess Martin
During a brief encounter, a real connection seems to develop between a whale and a diver. But then the whale disappears again in the depths of the ocean.
Filmstill The Whale Story

The Whale Story

The Whale Story
Tess Martin
Animation Night 2023
Animated Film
USA,
Netherlands
2012
4 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

A diver encounters an injured whale. He decides to help the animal and gets a friendly look of thanks. For the space of a few seconds, the border between the two species seems permeable. The whale disappears in the depths of the ocean and leaves the diver wondering whether this was all just a projection of human hopes.

Franka Sachse

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Tess Martin
Score
Spencer Thun
Animation
Tess Martin, Webster Crowell, Stefan Gruber, Britta Johnson, Amanda Moore