Freedom, at what price? | The One Who Crossed the Sea - Animation by Jonas Riemer

Where does the fear of foreign cultures and the desire for isolation really come from? The animated documentary THE ONE WHO CROSSED THE SEA tells the story of a GDR refugee who joins the new right. In a folding boat, he fled to Western Germany via Denmark, where the story tips into the dark. His newly acquired freedom turns into disorientation. Only in a growing nationalist movement does the main character find a new home.

This short film has been selected at the following festivals:

-Clermont-Ferrand – International Competition, France, 2021
-Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2020
-Monstronale Halle, Germany, 2020
-Best Animation Award - International Filmmaker Festival of New York, USA, 2020
-Festival of Animation Berlin, Germany, 2020
-Filmz Mainz, Germany, 2020
-E&U European Short Film Festival, Frankfurt Main, Germany, 2020
-Lobende Erwähnung - Festival of Nations, Austria, 2020,
-Athens Animfest, Greece, 2020
-Refugees Welcome Festival Berlin, Germany, 2020
-Lotte Reininger Award @ British Animation Film Festival, London
-Interfilm Festival Berlin, Germany

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Original title - Der Übers Meer Kam
Director - Jonas Riemer
Writers - Jonas Riemer, Lion Bischof
Production - Jonas Riemer, Johannes Schubert
Cinematography - Georg Meyer
Animation - Jonas Riemer, Alexia Mokry
Editing - Jonas Riemer, Martin Herold
Sound - Nicolas Voß
Soundtrack - Robert Pilgram, Marcus Sander
Year - 2020

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