From Dad To Son. An Animated Short Perfect For Father’s Day.

from dad to son short film

I was so happy to come across this charming and impressive award-winning 5 minute animated short so I could share it in honor of Father’s Day.

From Dad To Son

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This story, and similar tales, have been inspired by the centuries old Aesop’s fable “The father and his sons” (600 B.C.).;They have been told and re-told as various anecdotes and urban myths. In «From Dad To Son» director and designer Nils Knoblich translates a written narrative into a paper-crafted animated short, bringing the moral from Aesop’s original fable (Disunited families are easily injured by others) to light with a creative and contemporary execution.

Watch the entire 5 minute film, you won’t be sorry.

The film has been screened in 2012-13 at more than 130 film festivals and received 12 awards*.

Nils at work on the film:
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Some more stills from the film for you:
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Make your own “prisoner/son” with this free papercraft sheet:
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Credits
Direction & Design: Nils Knoblich
Script: Nils Knoblich & Stephan Hanf
Production: Nils Knoblich & Stephan Hanf & Kunsthochschule Kassel
Animation: Nils Knoblich, Florian Maubach, Olga Gelwer
Set and Puppet Construction: Florian Maubach, Olga Gelwer, Marie Kersting
Music Production: Georg Conrad
Violin: Josefine Knoblich
Sound Effects: Steffen Martin
Artistic Advice: Thomas Meyer-Hermann, Martina Bramkamp, Hendrik Dorgathen
Funded by Hessische Filmförderung

*Festival Awards
Festival Internacional de Cine de Monterrey, MEX – Best International Animated Short Award
GoEast Wiesbaden, DE / Student competition – Winner of Audience award in the category Animated and Experimental films
Puchon International Student Animation Festival, KOR – Yuhan College President Prize (International)
SoDak Animation Festival South Dakota, US – Best Undergraduate Animation
International Film Festival Antigua Barbuda, AG – Best Animated Award 2012
Le Pedrera Short Film Festival, UY – Best Animation Price & Price for Best Script
LMU Munich U-Kino, DE – Winner audience award
School of Arts and Design Kassel, DE – Rundgangspreis 2012 der Galerie Loyal
Monstronale Halle, D – 2nd prize
Visionale Hessen, DE – 2nd prize Young Professionals
Kurzfilmfestival der Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart, DE – 2nd prize
Vilsflimmern Amberg, DE – 2nd prize
Krok, RUS – Diploma
Hamburg Animation Award, D – Top 10 Nomination
Solanin Film Festival, PL – Honorary Mention for “Simple form, concept and true smile”
Norwegian Student Film Festival, NO – Honorary Mention

Aesop’s Fables should be a staple in every home. Don’t have a copy? get one here.