On his way to work, Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts; is the front door locked? Is the stove really turned off? As Ruben’s creative mind is invaded by increasingly absurd scenarios, reality and imagination begin to merge…

Ruben wird auf dem Weg zur Arbeit von neurotischen Zwangsvorstellungen heimgesucht: Ist die Wohnungstür verschlossen, der Gasherd wirklich ausgeschaltet? Realität und Fantasie vermischen sich langsam, aber stetig miteinander.

Full Festival List

LIAF London International Animation Festival, London UK, 02.12.-11.12.16, (International Competition)
Anima Mundi, Animation, Of Course!, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo BR, 25.10.-06.11.16
Sapporo Short Film Festival, Sapporo JP, 10.10.-16.10.16, (International Competition)
Shnit International Shortfilmfestival, Berne CH, 05.10.-16.10.16, (Swiss Competition)
3DWire, Segovia ES, 06.10.-09.10.16, (International Competition)
KROK International Animated Film Festival, RU, 30.09.-08.10.16, (Student Competition)
Encounters, Bristol UK, 20.09.-25.09.16, (International Competition)
Anibar, Peja, Kosovo, 15.08.-21.08.16, (Student Competition)
La Guarimba International Film Festival, Amantea IT, 07.08.-11.08.16, (International Competition)
De Voorfilm Moet Terug, Supporting Film in Arthouse Cinemas in the Netherlands, July 2016
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne AU, 19.06.-26.06.16
Festival International de film d'animation d'Annecy, Annecy FR, 13.06.-18.06.16, (Student Competition)
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Vienna AT, 25.05.-31.05.16, (Animation Avantgarde, International Competition) 
Golden Kuker, Out of Competition, Sofia BG, 09.05.-15.05.16
Pictoplasma, Berlin DE, 04.05.-08.05.16

Indielisboa, Lisbon PT, 20.04.-01.05.16, (International Competition
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham UK, 19.04.-24.04.16, (International Competition)
Holland Animation Festival, Utrecht NL, 16.03.-20.03.16, (Student Competition)
BFI Future Film Festival, London UK, 17.02.-21.02.16, (Student Competition)
Anima, Brussels BE, 05.02.-14.02.16, (Student Competition)
Premiers Plans, Angers FR, 22.01.-31.01.16, (Student Competition)
Solothurner Filmtage, Solothurn CH, 21.01.-28.01.16, (Upcoming Talents Competition)
Animateka, Ljubljana SLO, 07.12.-13.12.15, (Student Competition)
Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal CA, 25.11.-29.11.15, (Student Competition)
Etiuda & Anima, Krakow PL, 23.11.-28.11.15, (International Competition)
CutOut Fest, Querétaro MX, 12.11.-15.11.15, (International Competition)
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Winterthur CH, 03.11.-08.11.15, (Swiss Student Competition)
Klik!, Amsterdam NL, 27.10.-01.11.15, (Student Competition)
DOK Leipzig, Leipzig DE, 26.10.-01.11.15 (International Competition)
Balkanima, Belgrade SRB, 6.10.-10.10.15, (Student Competition)
Animasyros, Hermoupolis GR, 24.09.-27.09.15, (Student Competition)
Fantoche, Baden CH, 01.09.-06.09.15, (Swiss Competition)

Credits

Created, Directed & Animated by
Frederic Siegel

Production
Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst / Studienrichtung Animation, Jürgen Haas

Executive Producer
Gerd Gockell

Co-Production
SRF, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Editorial SRF
Gabriela Bloch-Steinmann

Music
Nico Kast

Recordings, Sounddesign & Soundmix
Thomas Gassmann

Soundediting & Sounddesign
Kilian Vilim

Foley artist
Dieter Hebben

Additional 2D Animation
Martin Hofer
Zéa Schaad
Christelle Serrano
Viviane Tanner

Additional 3D Animation
Ramon Arango
Michael Zünd

Mentor
François Chalet

Mentors dossier
Ted Sieger
Paul Bush 

Mentor thesis
Franziska Trefzer

Theory
Otto Alder
Christian GasserFranziska Trefzer

Production Support
Jean First
Jeroen Visser
Ignasi Duelo

Assistant
Susanne Steffen

Administration
Bettina Ganassi

Promotion
SWISSFILMS

Special Thanks
my family (for the inspiration)
my classmates
Jochen Ehmann
Marcel Ramsay
Philip Hunt
Beni Morard
Etienne Mory
Dominique Birrer
Megan Jo Nairn
Jane Mumford
Ivan
the WiPEOUTs-participants & all the people on the 7th floor

Supported by
Hürlimann-Wyss Stiftung, Zug

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© 2015 / Frederic Siegel, Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst