Mama Micra
Germany2024documentary24'Short Film Competition
The director’s mother, Verena, had travelled the world and led an unconventional life before she got married. She was always looking for independence. After returning to Germany and starting a family, she was unable to tolerate the confinement of four walls for long and hit the road again. For ten years she lived in a small car, which meant she hardly saw her daughter. Freedom was everything to her, but it came at a high price. The documentary combines stop-motion animation with archival photographs and an intimate audio conversation between the women, which adds up to a personal story of a daughter trying to understand her mother’s decision.
- directed by
- Rebecca Blöcher
A visual artist who specializes in animation and drawing. She studied illustration at the University of Hamburg. In her films she mixes photography and stop-motion with 2D animation. Her award-winning films have been invited to international film festivals such as Zinebi Bilbao, Encounters, Ann Arbor, DOK Leipzig and Hiroshima Animation Festival and have been exhibited as installations.
- Co-director
- Frédéric Schuld
- Producer
- Fabian Driehorst
- Distributor
- Interfilm Film Berlin
- Screenplay
- Rebecca Blöcher
- Animation
- Rebecca Blöcher, Sophie Bach
- Cinematography
- Frédéric Schuld
- Music
- Christian Goretzky, Alexander Müller-Welt
- Editing
- Rebecca Blöcher, Frédéric Schuld
- Photo
